Published 1990 | Version v1
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Level I PRA for high flux beam reactor (HFBR) accident sequence delineation

Creators

  • 1. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States). Nuclear Energy Dept.
  • 2. COPPE/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Description

A Level-I Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) for Internal Events for the High Flux Beam Reactor (HFBR) at Brookhaven National Laboratory has recently been completed by the Department of Nuclear Energy. This paper summarizes the effort taken to identify and categorize the HFBR initiating events, and to discuss the development of event trees for accident sequence delineation

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
American Nuclear Society.
Imprint Place
La Grange Park, IL (United States)
Imprint Title
The safety, status and future of non-commercial reactors and irradiation facilities
Imprint Pagination
830 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 611-616.

Conference

Title
American Nuclear Society (ANS) topical meeting on the safety, status and future of non-commercial reactors and irradiation facilities.
Dates
30 Sep - 4 Oct 1990.
Place
Boise, ID (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
23036924
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
HFBR REACTOR; PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATION; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR OPERATION; REACTOR SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; HEAVY WATER COOLED REACTORS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; OPERATION; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; RESEARCH REACTORS; SAFETY; TANK TYPE REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-900917--.