Insights from the benchmark exercises and impact on methodological development

In order to understand the state of the art in Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) and to quantify and qualify the uncertainties involved, the Joint Research Centre has organised a series of benchmark exercises related to realistic problem cases. Four exercises dealt with, respectively; systems reli...

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Published inReliability engineering & system safety Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 65 - 90
Main Author Poucet, A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 1991
Elsevier
Subjects
Applied sciences
Energy
Energy. Thermal use of fuels
Exact sciences and technology
Fission nuclear power plants
Installations for energy generation and conversion: thermal and electrical energy
State of the art
Uncertainty
Probabilistic approach
Nuclear power plant
Review
Risk analysis
Reliability
Reactor
Failures
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Summary:In order to understand the state of the art in Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) and to quantify and qualify the uncertainties involved, the Joint Research Centre has organised a series of benchmark exercises related to realistic problem cases. Four exercises dealt with, respectively; systems reliability analysis, common cause failure analysis, human reliability assessment and event sequence modelling and quantification. In this paper the main results and conclusions of the four benchmark exercises are summarised. Furthermore, it is discussed how identified weaknesses or open problems have been addressed in recent methodological developments.
ISSN:0951-8320
1879-0836
DOI:10.1016/0951-8320(91)90037-8