Probabilistic Risk Assessment

Prabhakar V. Varde () and Michael G. Pecht ()
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Prabhakar V. Varde: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Michael G. Pecht: University of Maryland

Chapter Chapter 6 in Risk-Based Engineering, 2018, pp 141-235 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Probabilistic methods in the general probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) framework are at the core of integrated risk-based engineering and risk-based decisions. The probabilistic tools and methods are discussed in Chaps. 3 and 4 in this book. This chapter is dedicated to PRA, which is the analytical technique used for quantitative evaluation of risk for a complex scenario. This technique is also commonly referred to as probabilistic safety assessment (PRA). These two terms are used interchangeably among safety practitioners, but there is no distinction between them.

Keywords: Core Damage Frequency (CDF); Common-cause Failures (CCF); Plant Damage States (PDS); Loss Of Coolant Accident (LOCA); Accident Sequence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-0090-5_6

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