Reliability Analysis of the Emergency Power Supply System of the Starfire Tokamak
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Nuclear Technology - Fusion
- Vol. 5 (1) , 42-54
- https://doi.org/10.13182/fst84-a23076
Abstract
Early attention to safety will ensure that the potential safety advantages of fusion are realized. Reliability analysis techniques are applied to a major safety system, the emergency power supply system, using the STARFIRE design as an example. The median failure probability of this system is found to be 2 × 10−6 at shutdown, with an error factor of 5. This is comparable with the reliability of similar systems in existing fission power stations.Keywords
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