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 11

Frequencies contributing most to core damage (10%).

Event treeFrequency of releases (SAPHIRE 7.0)Sequences

ET11.001 × 10−4#2
ET14.544 × 10−7#3
ET11.156 × 10−9#4
TOTAL1.467 × 10−5