A method for identifying instrument faults in nuclear power plants possibly leading to wrong situation assessment

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 316-324

  Kim, Man Cheol ^a   Seong, Poong Hyun ^b  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Human reliability analysis; Instrument faults; Nuclear power plant operator; Probabilistic safety assessment

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR REACTOR SIMULATORS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENT FAULTS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OPERATOR; PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 34848824992     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2006.10.023     Document Type: Article

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