Some Reliability Models for Safety Assessment

W. A. Thompson
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W. A. Thompson: University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri

Operations Research, 1984, vol. 32, issue 3, 559-565

Abstract: This paper discusses probabilistic models of safety assessment, as applied to nuclear reactors. It compares the “per demand failure rate” method for calculating the annual probability of a reactor accident with an equally reasonable event sequencing model. One aspect of safety analysis is formulated as a maximum mark problem in a marked point process. We also introduce a concept of rare events that yields special computing formulas similar to those employed by practicing engineers. Implications for quantifying the safety of nuclear reactors are discussed.

Keywords: 152 nuclear reactor safety; 570 marked point process; 723 safety assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1984
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