Monte Carlo simulation-based sensitivity analysis of the model of a thermal–hydraulic passive system

E. Zio and N. Pedroni

Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 2012, vol. 107, issue C, 90-106

Abstract: Thermal–Hydraulic (T–H) passive safety systems are potentially more reliable than active systems, and for this reason are expected to improve the safety of nuclear power plants.

Keywords: Nuclear passive system; Functional failure probability; Reliability sensitivity analysis; Subset Simulation; Line Sampling; Sobol indices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2011.08.006

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