Citation

Lieber K, Nicolescu T. Reliab. Eng. 1985; 13(1): 23-31.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0143-8174(85)90055-1

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A probabilistic risk analysis of some safety aspects, not including radioactivity release, has been performed for the 10 MW (thermal) swimmingpool research reactor SAPHIR. This study concentrates on seven international initiating events found to be relevant with respect to accident sequences that could result with core melt due to the loss of coolant or overcritically. The results are given as core melt frequencies for the accident sequences. It could be demonstrated that the core melt hazard of the reactor is extremely low.