Unavailability of systems under periodic test and maintenance. [FRANTIC code]

Journal Article · Fri Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980 · Nucl. Technol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5085354

Apostolakis, G; Chu, T L

The engineered safety systems of nuclear power plants are normally inactive. To ensure their operability, they are tested and, if needed, repaired at periodic intervals (usually once every month). The quantity of interest in such situations is the system unavailability. The purpose of this paper is to develop simple analytical expressions for the average unavailability of periodically tested redundant systems. 15 refs.

• Research Organization: Univ of Calif, Los Angeles
• OSTI ID: 5085354
• Journal Information: Nucl. Technol.; (United States), Journal Name: Nucl. Technol.; (United States) Vol. 50:1; ISSN NUTYB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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