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During a fire, a reliable fire barrier could prevent fire and smoke from spreading into the adjacent areas within a nuclear power plant (NPP) building which may contain nuclear safety-related systems, structures, and components (SSCs). The damage of these SSCs may lead to the failure of safe shutdown of the reactor during a severe fire event. A proper designed fire barrier system within NPP buildings will increase the safety performance and provide flexibility with future expansion.
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Wu, Y. (2017). Fire Compartment and Fire Barrier Evaluation in the NPP Fire PSA. In: Jiang, H. (eds) Proceedings of The 20th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference. PBNC 2016. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2311-8_32
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