A nuclear plant accident diagnosis method to support prediction of errors of commission

5th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation Controls, and Human Machine Interface Technology (NPIC and HMIT 2006)

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 1261-1269

  Chang, Y H J ^a,b   Coyne, K ^a   Mosleh, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RELIABILITY RESEARCH; NUCLEAR PLANT ACCIDENT DIAGNOSIS; REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COOLANTS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUZZY INFERENCE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; RELIABILITY;

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

EID: 34047171605     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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