The appropriateness of TACOM for a task complexity measure for emergency operating procedures of nuclear power plants - A comparison with OPAS scores

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 670-678

  Park, Jinkyun ^a   Jung, Wondea ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS;

EMERGENCY OPERATING PROCEDURES; PERFORMANCE TIME DATA;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 34547860027     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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