Reliability analysis of shutdown system

• Published in: Annals of nuclear energy Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 63 - 87
• Main Authors: Kumar, C. Senthil, John Arul, A., Pal Singh, Om, Suryaprakasa Rao, K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2005
• Subjects: India

This paper presents the results of reliability analysis of Shutdown System (SDS) of Indian Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor. Reliability analysis carried out using Fault Tree Analysis predicts a value of 3.5 × 10 −8/de for failure of shutdown function in case of global faults and 4.4 × 10 −8/de for lo...