Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for nuclear power plants - Current practice from a european perspective

Nuclear Engineering and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1243-1254

  Klügel, Jens Uwe ^a  

^a Member of the Seismological Society of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis; Scenario based seismic risk analysis; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 75349111456     PISSN: 17385733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5516/NET.2009.41.10.1243     Document Type: Article

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