Assignment of probability distributions for parameters in the 1996 performance assessment for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Part 2. Application of process

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-80

  Rechard, Rob P ^a   Tierney, Martin S ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Plantae Research Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

40 CFR 191; Maximum entropy formalism; Monte Carlo simulations; Nuclear waste repository; Performance assessment; Probabilistic risk assessment; Probability distributions; Radioactive waste disposal; Risk assessment; Uncertainty; Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION (CDF); MAXIMUM ENTROPY FORMALISM; WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT (WIPP);

PILOT PLANTS;

EID: 10644291621     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2004.07.012     Document Type: Article

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