A framework for evaluating the effects of maintenance-related human errors in nuclear power plants

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 797-805

  Heo, Gyunyoung ^a   Park, Jinkyun ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Derate estimator; Fault tree analysis; Human error; Maintenance; Risk estimator; Turbine cycle simulation

Indexed keywords

BALANCE OF PLANT; CORE DAMAGE FREQUENCY; COST METRICS; ELECTRICAL POWER; FREQUENCY ESTIMATORS; HUMAN ERRORS; MAINTENANCE TASKS; MINIMAL CUTSETS; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; QUANTITATIVE CONSEQUENCES; RISK ESTIMATOR; RISK ESTIMATORS; TURBINE CYCLE; UNEXPECTED REACTORS;

CORE DISRUPTIVE ACCIDENTS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; MAINTENANCE; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; RELIABILITY; TURBINES;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 77950929256     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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