A decision theoretic approach to an accident sequence: When feedwater and auxiliary feedwater fail in a nuclear power plant

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 243-252

  Svenson, Ola ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING WATER REACTORS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; PROBABILITY; RISKS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

ACCIDENT SEQUENCE; PROBABILISTIC RISK ANALYSIS;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 0031988662     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(97)00127-0     Document Type: Article

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