Research Article

Analysis and Estimation of Core Damage Frequency of Flow Blockage and Loss of Coolant Accident: A Case Study of a 10 MW Water-Water Research Reactor-PSA Level 1

Table 6

System fault tree with top event “emergency core cooling system failure.”

Basic eventComponents failure identificationProbability

1Hole in hose1.200 × 10−4
2Operator fails to connect hose1.000 × 10−2
3Water valves fail stuck closed3.600 × 10−6
4No water in the tank1.020 × 10−4