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LARGE FAILURE [1 record]

Record 1 - external organization data 2011-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

A failure, other than a critical failure, which is likely to reduce the ability of a more complex item to perform its required function.

CONT

Massive failure of all pressure vessels shall be analyzed unless it can be demonstrated that such a failure is of an acceptably low expected frequency of occurrence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
DEF

Défaillance, autre que critique, qui risque de réduire l'aptitude d'un dispositif plus complexe à accomplir sa fonction requise.

CONT

Il faut faire une analyse d'une défaillance majeure de tous les appareils sous pression à moins qu'on puisse démontrer que la fréquence prévue d'une telle défaillance soit assez faible pour être acceptable.

Spanish

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