Safety benefits of risk assessment at U.S. nuclear power plants

Nuclear News

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-36

  Gaertner, John ^a   True, Doug ^b   Wall, Ian ^c  

^a ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ERIN Engineering and Research Inc   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT (PRA); PUBLIC SAFETY; SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONTAMINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; MAINTENANCE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NUCLEAR INDUSTRY;

EID: 1842579392     PISSN: 00295574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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