Implication of PSA uncertainties on risk-informed decision making

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 241, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1108-1113

  Volkanovski, Andrija ^a   Čepin, Marko ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE DAMAGE FREQUENCY; DIESEL GENERATORS; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; INFORMED DECISION; LARGE EARLY RELEASE FREQUENCIES; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT; REGULATORY GUIDES; RISK MEASURES; RISK-INFORMED DECISION MAKING;

CORE DISRUPTIVE ACCIDENTS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH HAZARDS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RATING; SAFETY ENGINEERING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79953240710     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2010.02.041     Document Type: Article

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