Risk management for existing energy facilities. A global approach to numerical safety goals

Journal Article · Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Applied Mechanics Reviews; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3120346· OSTI ID:5460038

Pate-Cornell, M E ^[1]

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1. Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

This paper presents a structured set of numerical safety goals for risk management of existing energy facilities. The rationale behind these safety goals is based on principles of equity and economic efficiency. Some of the issues involved when using probabilistic risk analyses results for safety decisions are discussed. A brief review of existing safety targets and [open quotes]floating numbers[close quotes] is presented, and a set of safety goals for industrial risk management is proposed. Relaxation of these standards for existing facilities, the relevance of the lifetime of the plant, the treatment of uncertainties, and problems of failure dependencies are discussed briefly. 17 refs., 1 fig.

• OSTI ID: 5460038
• Journal Information: Applied Mechanics Reviews; (United States), Vol. 46:5; ISSN 0003-6900
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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