Review of probabilistic safety assessments: Insights and recommendations regarding further developments

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-163

  Spitzer, C ^a  

^a Technischer Uberwachungsverein S ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR LICENSING; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY;

GERMAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; HUMAN RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT; PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT; RECOMMENDATION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030148961     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0951-8320(95)00145-X     Document Type: Article

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