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Probabilistic Reliability Analysis, Quantitative Safety Goals, and Nuclear Licensing in the United Kingdom

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Although unpublicized, the use of quantitative safety goals and probabilistic reliability analysis for licensing nuclear reactors has become a reality in the United Kingdom. This conclusion results from an examination of the process leading to the licensing of the Sizewell B PWR in England. The licensing process for this reactor has substantial implications for nuclear safety standards in Britain, and is examined in the context of the growing trend towards quantitative safety goals in the United States.

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  • William Cannell, 1987. "Probabilistic Reliability Analysis, Quantitative Safety Goals, and Nuclear Licensing in the United Kingdom," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 7(3), pages 311-319, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:riskan:v:7:y:1987:i:3:p:311-319
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1987.tb00466.x
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    1. Jiménez-Aquino, J.I., 1996. "The characteristic times of the transient stochastic dynamics with time-dependent control parameters distributed initial conditions," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 229(3), pages 444-460.
    2. Jiménez-Aquino, J.I. & Cortés, Emilio & Orea, P., 1996. "On the transient stochastic dynamics driven by Gaussian colored noise of systems with time-dependent control parameters. The effect of initial conditions," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 232(1), pages 229-250.

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