Comparing PRAs with operating experience

Conference · Tue Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1998

OSTI ID:290843

Picard, R R; Martz, H F

Probabilistic Risk Assessment is widely used to estimate the frequencies of rare events, such as nuclear power plant accidents. An obvious question concerns the extent to which PRAs conform to operating experience--that is, do PRAs agree with reality? The authors discuss a formal methodology to address this issue and examine its performance using plant-specific data.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 290843
• Report Number(s): LA-UR--98-1560; CONF-980907--; ON: TI99000707
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
BWR TYPE REACTORS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
HIGH PRESSURE COOLANT INJECTION
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATION
REACTOR OPERATION
RELIABILITY
RISK ASSESSMENT