Human factors, human reliability and risk assessment in license renewal of a nuclear power plant

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1818-1826

  Vaurio, Jussi K ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Human factors; Human reliability; PSA; Risk assessment; Safety review

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT RISKS; HUMAN ERRORS; HUMAN FACTORS; HUMAN RELIABILITY; IMPORTANCE MEASURE; INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES; INITIATING EVENTS; INTEGRAL PART; LICENSE RENEWAL; OPERATING EXPERIENCE; OPERATING LICENSE; OPERATING STATE; PEER REVIEW; PERIODIC SAFETY REVIEWS; PLANT SAFETY; PREVENTIVE ACTION; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT; PSA; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; SAFETY REVIEW; SOURCE MATERIAL; STATISTICAL DATAS;

ERRORS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR LICENSING; PEELING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 68049121852     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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