Safety and productivity trade-offs: managing nuclear reactor outages

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 420-438

  Baron, Michelle M ^a,b,c   Paté Cornell, M Elisabeth ^b,d,e,f  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^e Society for Risk Analysis   (United States)

^f GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MAINTENANCE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

DECISION SUPPORT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OUTGAGES; NUCLEAR REACTORS OPERATIONS; RISK CRITICAL SYSTEMS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 0033873139     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1504/ijtm.2000.002812     Document Type: Article

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