Consideration of ageing within probabilistic safety assessment models and results

Kerntechnik

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 140-149

  Cepin M ^a   Volkanovski, A ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CURRENT MODELS; DETAILED MODELS; PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT; RISK MEASURES; SYSTEMS AND PROCESS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 67649127073     PISSN: 09323902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3139/124.110021     Document Type: Article

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