THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF AVAILABILITY IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS.

Abstract

The method of generating functions is used to calculate the probability of successful operation of a nuclear power plant for given fractions of the desired cycle time. A digital computer program is provided to carry out the necessary computations. The actual performance of the PM-1 reactor is analyzed using the events which hbve caused the plant to shut down in the past. Suggestions for improving this performance are also made. Failure and repair data obtained are used in the computing code for illustration. The outline of a proposed Nuclear Power Plant Availability Handbook is included to illustrate the topics which would be covered and their arrangement. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0447872

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  • Energy and Power Technologies

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  • Availability
  • Computations
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  • Mathematics
  • Nuclear Power Plants
  • Probability

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  • Physics

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