A Statistical Methodology for Determination of Safety Systems Actuation Setpoints Based on Extreme Value Statistics

Table 1

Influence of the number of participating fuel channels in the probability of missing dryout.

q [fraction]	Number of fuel channels	Probability of predicting dryout [%]	Probability of Type 1 error [%]
1.08	1	4.7	0.0
	2	9.3	0.0
	3	13.7	0.0
	5	21.5	0.0
	10	38.4	0.0
1.04	1	19.3	1.1
	2	35.8	2.0
	3	47.8	2.1
	5	66.4	2.4
	10	88.6	1.5
1.02	1	34.0	7.0
	2	55.4	8.1
	3	70.6	8.1
	5	86.2	5.2
	10	98.3	1.1
1.00	1	50.3	18.7
	2	75.4	14.3
	3	88.2	9.1
	5	96.9	2.6
	10	99.9	0.1