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Development and application of a living probabilistic safety assessment tool: Multi-objective multi-dimensional optimization of surveillance requirements in NPPs considering their ageing

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  • KanÄ ev, DuÅ¡ko
  • ÄŒepin, Marko
  • Gjorgiev, Blaže

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The benefits of utilizing the probabilistic safety assessment towards improvement of nuclear power plant safety are presented in this paper. Namely, a nuclear power plant risk reduction can be achieved by risk-informed optimization of the deterministically-determined surveillance requirements.

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  • KanÄ ev, DuÅ¡ko & ÄŒepin, Marko & Gjorgiev, Blaže, 2014. "Development and application of a living probabilistic safety assessment tool: Multi-objective multi-dimensional optimization of surveillance requirements in NPPs considering their ageing," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 131(C), pages 135-147.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:reensy:v:131:y:2014:i:c:p:135-147
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2014.06.009
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