Risk management and decision rules for light water reactor

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6708862· OSTI ID:6708862

Griesmeyer, J. M.; Okrent, D.

The process of developing and adopting safety objectives in quantitative terms can provide a basis for focusing societal decision making on the suitability of such objectives and upon questions of compliance with those objectives. A preliminary proposal for a light water reactor (LWR) risk management framework is presented as part of that process.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Los Angeles (USA). School of Engineering and Applied Science
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
• DOE Contract Number: AS04-78ET35400
• OSTI ID: 6708862
• Report Number(s): ALO-134; TRN: 81-003839
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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