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Some Reliability Models for Safety Assessment

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  • W. A. Thompson

    (University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri)

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This paper discusses probabilistic models of safety assessment, as applied to nuclear reactors. It compares the “per demand failure rate” method for calculating the annual probability of a reactor accident with an equally reasonable event sequencing model. One aspect of safety analysis is formulated as a maximum mark problem in a marked point process. We also introduce a concept of rare events that yields special computing formulas similar to those employed by practicing engineers. Implications for quantifying the safety of nuclear reactors are discussed.

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  • W. A. Thompson, 1984. "Some Reliability Models for Safety Assessment," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 32(3), pages 559-565, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:32:y:1984:i:3:p:559-565
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.32.3.559
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