A simplified simulation method for selecting the most effective off-site protective action

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-74

  Ishigami, Tsutomu ^a   Kobayashi, Kensuke ^a   Umemoto, Michitaka ^a,b   Matsunaga, Takeshi ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avertable dose; Emergency planning; Intervention level; Justification; Multivariate analysis method; Protective action; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PREVENTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; RADIOLOGY;

AVERTABLE DOSE; EMERGENCY PLANNING; INTERVENTION LEVEL; JUSTIFICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS METHOD; PROTECTIVE ACTION;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 2942604541     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2003.12.012     Document Type: Article

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