Calculating nominal human error probabilities from the operation experience of domestic nuclear power plants

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 170, Issue , 2018, Pages 215-225

  Park, Jinkyun ^a   Kim, Yochan ^a   Jung, Wondea ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Human reliability analysis; Investigation report; Nominal human error probability; Nuclear power plant; Operation experience; Probabilistic safety assessment

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

HUMAN ERROR PROBABILITY; HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; INVESTIGATION REPORT; OPERATION EXPERIENCES; PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT;

ERRORS;

EID: 85032710318     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2017.10.011     Document Type: Article

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