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Condensed summary of the systems prioritization method as a decision-aiding approach for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Boak, D.M.; Prindle, N.H.; Lincoln, R. - 2009
In March 1994, the US Department of Energy Carlsbad Area Office (DOE/CAO) implemented a performance based decision … of activities in terms of their predicted contribution to long-term performance of the WIPP disposal system; and (3 …) analyze cost, duration, and performance tradeoffs. SPM results were the basis for activities recommended to DOE/CAO in May …
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VOLCANIC RISK ASSESSMENT - PROBABILITY AND CONSEQUENCES
G.A. Valentine; F.V. Perry; S. Dartevelle - 2008
understand all aspects of the underlying science. We review a decision framework used in many fields such as performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436263
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Combination of Evidence in Dempster-Shafer Theory
SENTZ, KARI; FERSON, SCOTT - 2008
Dempster-Shafer theory offers an alternative to traditional probabilistic theory for the mathematical representation of uncertainty. The significant innovation of this framework is that it allows for the allocation of a probability mass to sets or intervals. Dempster-Shafer theory does not...
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Perspectives on Radioactive Waste Disposal: A Consideration of Economic Efficiency and Intergenerational Equity
Neill, H. R.; Neill, R. H. - 2009
There are both internal and external pressures on the U.S. Department of Energy to reduce the estimated costs of isolating radioactive waste, $19 billion for transuranic waste at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and $57 billion for high level waste at Yucca Mountain. The question arises...
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Lessons Learned on Benchmarking from the International Human Reliability Analysis Empirical Study
Ronald L. Boring; John A. Forester; Andreas Bye; Vinh … - 2010
methods to the performance of nuclear power plant crews in a control room simulator. There are a number of unique aspects to … performance; (4) a relatively large sample size of crews; (5) the use of multiple methods and scenarios to provide a well …-rounded view of HRA performance; (6) the importance of clearly defined human failure events; and (7) the use of a common comparison …
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Methods for dependency estimation and system unavailability evaluation based on failure data statistics. Volume 2, Detailed description and applications
Azarm, M.A.; Hsu, F.; Martinez-Guridi, G.; Vesely, W.E. - 2008
about system performance would not have been possible with any other reported dependency methodologies. …
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How Many Performance Shaping Factors are Necessary for Human Reliability Analysis?
Ronald L. Boring - 2011
representations of human performance through an increasingly long list of performance shaping factors (PSFs). It is not clear, however …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437338
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Qualitative methods for assessing risk
Mahn, J.A.; Hannaman, G.W.; Kryska, P. - 2009
The Department of Energy`s (DOE) non-nuclear facilities generally require only a qualitative accident analysis to assess facility risks in accordance with DOE Order 5481.1B, Safety Analysis and Review System. Achieving a meaningful qualitative assessment of risk necessarily requires the use of...
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Empirical investigation of the effect of amenities and other factors on business location decisions
Calzonetti, F.J.; Allison, T. - 2008
The impacts that risk perceptions have on those deciding whether to locate a business activity in an area likely to host a nuclear waste facility have become an important consideration in analyses that deal with choosing a site for nuclear waste facilities. This report presents empirical...
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Waste Acceptance Decisions and Uncertainty Analysis at the Oak Ridge Environmental Management Waste Management Facility
Redus, K. S.; Patterson, J. E.; Hampshire, G. L.; … - 2009
performance. We offer suggestions based on lessons learned for effective transfer to other DOE. …
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