Application of a fault tree construction expert system to an actual nuclear generating station system

As part of the on-going risk assessment of Ontario Hydro's Bruce ‘B’ nuclear generating station, fault tree analyses for the boiler feedwater system and the inter-unit feedwater tie system were performed. The process fault trees were constructed using the expert system PC Fault Tree Aide. The e...

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Published inReliability engineering & system safety Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 237 - 242
Main Authors Smith, J.E., Schwarzblat, M., Baker, J.C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 1994
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Summary:As part of the on-going risk assessment of Ontario Hydro's Bruce ‘B’ nuclear generating station, fault tree analyses for the boiler feedwater system and the inter-unit feedwater tie system were performed. The process fault trees were constructed using the expert system PC Fault Tree Aide. The experience gained from this exercise, the problems encountered and the benefits realized are described in this paper.
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ISSN:0951-8320
1879-0836
DOI:10.1016/0951-8320(94)90016-7