Reactor safety study. An assessment of accident risks in U. S. commercial nuclear power plants. Appendices III and IV. [PWR and BWR]

Technical Report · Wed Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1975

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7134137· OSTI ID:7134137

The items listed below summarize the detail sections which follow: a listing of definitions and a discussion of the general treatment of data within the random variable approach as utilized by the study; a tabulation of the assessed data base containing failure classifications, final assessed ranges utilized in quantification and reference source values considered in determining the ranges; a discussion of nuclear power plant experience that was used to validate the data assessment by testing its applicability as well as to check on the adequacy of the model to incorporate typical real incidents; an expanded presentation of the data assessment giving information on applicability considerations; a discussion of test and maintenance data including comparisons of models with experience data; and special topics, including assessments required for the initiating event probabilities and human error data and modeling.

• Research Organization: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7134137
• Report Number(s): WASH-1400(App.3-4); NUREG-75/014(App.3-4)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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