Published 1979 | Version v1
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Markov analyses of nuclear plant failure dependencies

Creators

  • 1. GE, Sunnyvale, Calif

Description

This paper uses Markovian techniques which have been developed at General Electric Company, Advanced Reactor Systems Department to analyze the effect of dependencies on reliability and availability of plant shutdown and shutdown heat removal systems. Flow graph analysis is employed to obtain dynamic functional equations for the reliability and availability of such systems. The application of Mason's rule in Laplace transform domain analysis simplifies the computational procedure. 4 refs

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Proc., Annu. Reliab. Maintain. Symp.
Journal Issue
p. 104-109
Series
Proc., Annu. Reliab. Maintain. Symp.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
11505267
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Descriptors DEI
AFTER-HEAT REMOVAL; FAILURES; LAPLACE TRANSFORMATION; MARKOV PROCESS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; REACTOR SHUTDOWN; RELIABILITY
Descriptors DEC
INTEGRAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; TRANSFORMATIONS