Browsing Department of Nuclear Engineering by Subject "Boiling water reactors -- Safety measures"

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    • Analyzing the safety impact of containment inerting at Vermont Yankee 

      Heising, Carolyn D. (Carolyn DeLane), 1952-; Lepervanche-Valencia, José Gregorio; Pilat, E. E., 1937-; Slifer, Bruce C. (Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1980], 1980)
      Post-accident hydrogen generation in BWR containments is analyzed as a function of engineered hydrogen control system, assumed either nitrogen inerting or air dilution. Fault tree analysis was applied to assess the failure ...

    • Application of time dependent unavailability analysis to standby safety systems 

      Dykes, Andrew Arthur; Rasmussen Norman C.; Vesely W. E. (Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1982, 1982)