[1D13-17] External Event PRA 2

[1D13] Research on Seismic Correlation on PRA

Part5 Influence of building and component non-linearities on the response correlation between components

*Masahiro Ourai¹, Yasuki Ohtori¹, Hitoshi Muta¹, Masato Nakajima² (1. TCU, 2. CRIEPI)

Keywords:Seismic Correlation , Seismic PRA, Common Cause Failure, Nonlinearities

Since damage correlations affect the results of earthquake risk assessment, this paper reports the results of an investigation of the effects of building and component nonlinearities on the response correlations among components for a PCCV of a nuclear reactor facility.