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Failure Probability of Spent Fuel Transportation Casks Due to Impact onto Soil

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The following demonstrates an approach used for the estimation of failure probabilities of spent fuel transportation casks. The approach was developed in the course of a probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) of spent nuclear fuel transportation.

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Wingender, H.J. (1983). Failure Probability of Spent Fuel Transportation Casks Due to Impact onto Soil. In: Thoft-Christensen, P. (eds) Reliability Theory and Its Application in Structural and Soil Mechanics. NATO ASI Series, vol 70. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6896-7_13

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