Treatment of uncertainties in space nuclear risk assessment with examples from Cassini mission applications

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 203-221

  Frank, M V ^a  

^a Safety Factor Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR FUELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES;

ALEATORY UNCERTAINTIES; CASSINI SPACE MISSION; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; NUCLEAR RISK ANALYSIS; SPACE NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

EID: 0033313502     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(99)00002-2     Document Type: Article

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