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eventtree·IEC 62502 / NUREG (WASH-1400)·nuclear, engineering·complexity 3/3·since v0.8.0

Large LOCA event tree (reactor PRA)

A large-break loss-of-coolant accident branched through four reactor safety functions. The engine computes every sequence frequency from the initiating rate and per-function failure probabilities, then highlights the dominant accident sequence.

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Large LOCA Event tree for "Large-break LOCA" (f₀ = 1.000e-4): 4 functions, 5 sequences. OK: 9.644e-5. Late release: 2.463e-6 (Σ of 2 sequences). Early release: 9.990e-7. Core damage: 1.000e-7. Dominant sequence: "OK" [1s 2s 3s 4s] at 9.644e-5. Large LOCA Initiating Event Reactor trips ECCS injection Containment heat removal Containment integrity Outcome Frequency Large-break LOCA f₀ = 1.000e-4 Success (1s) 0.999 Success (2s) 0.99 Success (3s) 0.98 Success (4s) 0.995 Failure (4f) 0.005 Failure (3f) 0.02 Failure (2f) 0.01 Failure (1f) 0.001 OK 9.644e-5 · 1s 2s 3s 4s Late release 4.846e-7 · 1s 2s 3s 4f Late release 1.978e-6 · 1s 2s 3f Early release 9.990e-7 · 1s 2f Core damage 1.000e-7 · 1f
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What this shows

The textbook nuclear probabilistic-risk-assessment (PRA) tree. One initiating event — a large pipe break draining the coolant at a frequency of 1e-4 per year — is asked, left to right, whether each safety function holds: reactor trip, emergency core cooling (ECCS), containment heat removal, then containment integrity. Each * prunes a path that has already terminated, so the tree stays compact instead of ballooning to a full 2⁴ ladder.

The engine does the arithmetic an event tree exists to give. It multiplies the initiating frequency by the success leg (1 − p) or failure leg (p) at each branch to get every sequence frequency, sums the two "Late release" leaves into one rolled-up outcome, and paints the largest-frequency path — the dominant accident sequence — in red. That computed answer, not the forking picture, is the deliverable a drawing tool can't produce.

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