PRA research and the development of risk-informed regulation at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Nuclear Engineering and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 349-364

  Siu, Nathan ^a   Collins, Dorothy ^b  

^a U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire risk; Human reliability analysis; Pressurized thermal shock; Probabilistic risk assessment; Risk informed regulation; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049085101     PISSN: 17385733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5516/NET.2008.40.5.349     Document Type: Article

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