The MDTA-based method for assessing diagnosis failures and their risk impacts in nuclear power plants

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 337-349

  Kim, Jaewhan ^a   Jung, Wondea ^a   Son, Young Seok ^b  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Dong Eui University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diagnosis failure; Errors of commission; Human reliability analysis; Misdiagnosis

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DIAGNOSIS FAILURE; HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; MISDIAGNOSIS;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 34848849029     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2006.10.020     Document Type: Article

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