Safety Margins of Operating Reactors

Deals with the basic concept of safety margins and their role in assuring safety of nuclear installations, describing capabilities of thermal hydraulic computer codes used to determine safety margins, evaluation of uncertainties, methods for safety margin evaluation and utilization of safety margins in operation of nuclear power plants.

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This publication deals with the basic concept of safety margins and their role in assuring safety of nuclear installations. It describes capabilities of thermal hydraulic computer codes used to determine safety margins, evaluation of uncertainties, methods for safety margin evaluation and utilization of safety margins in operation and modifications of nuclear power plants.