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PRA quality and use

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6216178
This report deals with several inter-related aspects of probabilistic risk assessment. Some prior opinion regarding quality assurance, methodology and questions of peer review are reviewed, followed by comments by the authors on these and related subjects. Problems arising in decision-making by different groups concerning the meaning and validity of a PRA are examined, and the role of performance criteria in helping to achieve consensus is treated. Finally, a general approach to the development of performance criteria for systems and functions by the retrospective comparison of existing PRAs is proposed and examined in a preliminary fashion.
Research Organization:
California Univ., Los Angeles (USA). School of Engineering and Applied Science
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
6216178
Report Number(s):
ALO-1017; ON: DE83013138
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English