Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations

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 8

Frequencies contributing most to core damage (100%).
Event treeFrequency of releases (SAPHIRE 7.0)Sequences
ET11.035 × 10−5#6
ET11.195 × 10−9#8
ET13.430 × 10−5#15
ET13.972 × 10−9#17
TOTAL4.470 × 10−5