Reflections on limitations of current PSA - Methodology

International Topical Meeting on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis 2013, PSA 2013

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 1204-1214

  Kroger, Wolfgang ^a   Sornette, Didier ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

PSA; PSA methodology; Statistical data

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ERRORS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

ERRORS OF COMMISSIONS; HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; PSA; PSA METHODOLOGY; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; STATISTICAL DATAS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84899106008     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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