A study on the systematic framework to develop effective diagnosis procedures of nuclear power plants

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 319-335

  Park, Jinkyun ^a   Jung, Wondea ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Decision making strategy; Diagnosis procedure; Human performance; Nuclear power plant; Test sequencing technique

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COOLANTS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; STEAM;

DECISION-MAKING STRATEGY; DIAGNOSIS PROCEDURES; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; TEST SEQUENCING TECHNIQUES;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 2142750171     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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