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This paper describes a review of recent Japanese activities on probabilisti
c fracture mechanics (PFM) analyses. Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
(JAERI) has sponsored research committees on PFM organized by Japan Societ
y of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) and Japan Welding Engineering Society (JWE
S) for more than 10 years. The purpose of the continuous activity is to est
ablish standard procedures for evaluating failure probabilities of Japanese
nuclear structural components such as PV&P and steam generator tube, combi
ning the state-of-the-art knowledge on structural integrity of nuclear stru
ctural components and modem computer technology such as parallel processing
. This paper shows two topics of the newest results of JWES committee, PFM
analysis of aged reactor pressure vessel considering embedded cracks and PF
M analysis of piping considering seismic loading, and one topic by JAERI it
self, development of PTS analysis code for transient loading (PASCAL). (C)
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