Bibliography of literature on nuclear system reliability

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BIBLIOGRAPHY NUCLEAR

OF

LITERATURE

SYSTEM BALBIR

ON

RELIABILITY

S. D H I L L O N

Engineering M a n a g e m e n t Program, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UNIVERSITY

OF OTTAWA,

770, King E d w a r d , OTTAWA, O n t a r i o K1N 6N5, CANADA ( R e c e i v e d f o r p u b l i c a t i o n 20th June 1983) Abstract This paper p r e s e n t s a brief list of r e f e r e n c e s on n u c l e a r

i n t r o d u c t i o n and an e x t e n s i v e

system reliability.

INTRODUCTION In the last number of d e c a d e s

there has been rapid

g r o w t h in the nuclear power i n d u s t r y . heavy d e m a n d

in e l e c t r i c p o w e r r e q u i r e m e n t s ,

of n u c l e a r power and so on. power g e n e r a t i o n

i n d u s t r y has c r e a t e d a safety problem, used to g e n e r a t e

In the last d e c a d e or so, m o r e a t t e n t i o n has

been given to this area.

Since

the T h r e e M i l e

even more a t t e n t i o n is being d i v e r t e d field.

Until recently,

reliability

A n u c l e a r power g e n e r a t i o n subsystems.

Therefore

Island accident,

to the n u c l e a r r e l i a b i l i t y

a n a l y s i s has been

concerned primarily with safety-oriented

various

cost-effectiveness

This r a p i d g r o w t h in the n u c l e a r

b e c a u s e of the nature of the p r o c e s s electricity.

This is due to the

events and systems.

s y s t e m is c o m p o s e d of this p a p e r p r e s e n t s

selective

r e f e r e n c e s w h i c h are c o n c e r n e d w i t h the r e l i a b i l i t y and safety of such s u b s y s t e m s and o t h e r r e l a t e d areas. A n u m b e r of articles,

books, c o n f e r e n c e p r o c e e d i n g s

and so on d i r e c t l y or i n d i r e c t l y r e l a t i n g r e l i a b i l i t y and safety have b e e n p u b l i s h e d

to n u c l e a r s y s t e m [1-160] .

Thus

the m a i n o b j e c t i v e of this p a p e r

is to r e p o r t the list of

upto date

on the subject.

selective publications

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on the n u c l e a r

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