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Data analysis using the Binomial Failure Rate common cause model

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5789144
This report explains how to use the Binomial Failure Rate (BFR) method to estimate common cause failure rates. The entire method is described, beginning with the conceptual model, and covering practical issues of data preparation, treatment of variation in the failure rates, Bayesian estimation of the quantities of interest, checking the model assumptions for lack of fit to the data, and the ultimate application of the answers.
Research Organization:
EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-76ID01570
OSTI ID:
5789144
Report Number(s):
NUREG/CR-3437; EGG-2271; ON: DE84000488
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English