Decision making during nuclear power plant incidents - A new approach to the evaluation of precursor events

Risk Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1027-1042

  Smith, C L ^a   Borgonovo, E ^b  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Precursor analysis; Probalistic safety assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EVALUATION OF PRECURSOR EVENTS; OPERATIONAL RISKS; PRECURSOR ANALYSIS; PROBALISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT; RISK MODEL;

RISK ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35448980232     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2007.00941.x     Document Type: Article

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