Citation

Apostolakis G. Reliab. Eng. 1985; 12(2): 93-105.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0143-8174(85)90087-3

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The distributions of dynamic human error rates in nuclear plant risk assessments are assessed by comparing the errors with a reference error, namely, that 'the operators fail to stabilize high-pressure injection'. The comparison is achieved by considering as principal performance shaping factors the difficulty in diagnosis and the stress level on the operators. The distribution of the rate of the reference event is derived using operational experience and Bayesian methods.