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S TA N L E Y K A P L A N 1931–2011 Elected in 1999 "For providing the framework of a general theory of quantitative risk assessment and development of synthesis methods in reactor physics." BY B JOHN GARRICK STANLEY KAPLAN, a leading contributor to the risk sciences and nuclear reactor physics, died on June 6, 2011, at the age of 79.
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At Bettis he contributed significantly to the US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program by analyzing the xenon spatial instability problem, using methods he developed based on reactor space-time kinetics, and by developing the Kaplan synthesis methods in reactor physics. He went on to occupy key positions in other company settings, among them PLG, Inc., a consulting engineering and science firm in the Los Angeles area, where he was vice president and technical director.
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S TA N L E Y K A P L A N 143 the methods for use in the risk sciences. Among his specific analytical contributions to risk assessment were the discrete probability distribution method for probabilistic calculations, the two-stage Bayesian technique for data analysis, the matrix theory for event tree computations, and a component of the software package RISKMAN® widely used for interactive risk analysis.
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