The Effects of Seismic Failure Correlations on the Probabilistic Seismic Safety Assessments of Nuclear Power Plants
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Eem, Seunghyun
(Major in Plant System Engineering, Department of Convergence and Fusion System Engineering, Kyungpook National University)
Kwag, Shinyoung (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanbat National University) Choi, In-Kil (Smart Structural Safety and Prognosis Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) Jeon, Bub-Gyu (Seismic Research and Test Center, Pusan National University) Park, Dong-Uk (Seismic Research and Test Center, Pusan National University) |
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