Extreme-value-model-based risk assessment for nuclear reactors

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability

Volumn 224, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 239-252

  Scarrott, C J ^a   MacDonald, A ^a   Troffaes, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Extreme value and spatial modelling; Nuclear risk assessment; Safety case

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; CONTROL LIMITS; CONTROL MEASUREMENTS; COOLANT TEMPERATURE; CRITICAL LEVEL; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; EXTREME VALUE; FUEL CHANNELS; MIXTURE MODEL; MIXTURE-MODELLING; MODEL-BASED; NONSTATIONARY; NUCLEAR RISK ASSESSMENT; PRIOR INFORMATION; RANDOM EFFECTS MODEL; REACTOR CONTROL; RELIABLE ASSESSMENT; RISK ESTIMATION; RISK PREDICTIONS; SAFETY CASE; SAMPLE DATA; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL APPROACH; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; INFERENCE ENGINES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; RATING; REACTOR SHUTDOWNS; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 78650430254     PISSN: 1748006X     EISSN: 17480078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/1748006XJRR288     Document Type: Article

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