Published December 1975
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Journal article
Use of reliability and probability methods in reactor safety
Creators
- 1. CEA Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France). Dept. de Surete Nucleaire
Description
After the terms used in reliability have been briefly recalled, the methods used for evaluating the probability of system failure, and accidents probability are discussed: event trees, failure trees, logical diagrams... Some results taken from the first complete probabilistic approach of accidents, the WASH 1400 report (Reactor Safety Study) are also given
Abstract (French)
Apres un rappel succinct des termes utilises en fiabilite, on indique quelles sont les methodes permettant d'estimer la probabilite de defaillance de systeme et les probabilites d'accidents: arbre d'evenements, arbres de defaillance, diagrammes logiques... Pour terminer, on donne quelques resultats extraits de la premiere approche probabiliste complete des accidents, le rapport WASH 1400Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (French)
- Utilisation de la fiabilite et des methodes probabilistes dans le domaine de la surete des reacteurs
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Bull. Inf. Sci. Tech. (Paris)
- Journal Issue
- no.209
- Series
- Bull. Inf. Sci. Tech. (Paris).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 7248723
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- BWR TYPE REACTORS; DESIGN BASIS ACCIDENTS; PROBABILITY; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR SAFETY; RELIABILITY; SYSTEM FAILURE ANALYSIS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTORS; SAFETY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS