Published 2000 | Version v1
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French fire PSA methodology

  • 1. IPSN, Fontenay-aux-roses (France)

Description

A fire Probabilistic Safety Assessment - called Fire PSA - is being carried out by the French Institute of Nuclear Safety and Protection (IPSN) to be used in the framework of the safety assessment of operating 900 MWe PWRs. The aim of this study is to evaluate the core damage frequency which could result from a fire. The purpose of this communication is to present the methodology used to assess the French Fire PSA on the Blayais 1 Nuclear Power Plant. (author)

Part of:
PSAM 5: Probabilistic safety assessment and management

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Universal Academy
Imprint Place
Tokyo (Japan)
ISBN
4-946443-64-9
Imprint Title
PSAM 5: Probabilistic safety assessment and management
Imprint Pagination
2820 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 2087-2092

Conference

Title
5. international conference on probabilistic safety assessment and management
Acronym
PSAM 5
Dates
27 Nov - 1 Dec 2000
Place
Osaka (Japan)

Optional Information

Notes
Vol. 3/4 Imprint:Published in 4 volumes, also available on CD-ROM can be used for Windows 95/98/2000, Macintosh and UNIX. Also published in Frontiers Science Series No.34, ISSN 0915-8502