Citation

Allan RN, Adraktas A, Campbell JF. Reliab. Eng. 1982; 3(5): 393-410.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1982, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0143-8174(82)90005-1

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper describes graphic/interactive computational techniques for assessing safety in complex systems. These techniques permit input and modification of system configuration and operational policy, input and modification of numerical reliability data, storage and retrieval of all system data and qualitative and/or quantitative safety analysis. The analysis is based on the event tree method and permits event trees, minimal cut sets and common mode failure analyses to be performed. These graphic/interactive techniques permit very flexible, convenient and comprehensive analyses and allow a large number of sensitivity studies to be performed efficiently and rapidly. The techniques, although described in terms of nuclear reactor systems, can be equally applied to the safety of any other similar type of system.