An approach for using risk assessment in risk-informed decisions on plant-specific changes to the licensing basis

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 231-242

  Caruso, Mark A ^a   Cheok, Michael C ^a   Cunningham, Mark A ^a   Holahan, Gary M ^a   King, Thomas L ^a   Parry, Gareth W ^a   Ramey Smith, Ann M ^a   Rubin, Mark P ^a   Thadani, Ashok C ^a  

^a U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance criteria; Decision making; Probability risk assessment; Risk informed regulation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NUCLEAR REACTOR LICENSING; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA; PROBABILITY RISK ASSESSMENT (PRA);

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 0033102040     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(98)00038-6     Document Type: Article

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