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Appendix D: Probablistic Risk Assessment
Pages 63-64

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... nuclear power industries. PRA utilizes event trees and fault trees in a structured analysis process that can be described in five general steps: 1.
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... 5. Determining the uncertainty in the results by calculating a distribution of damage state frequency, using the distribution of possible hazard frequency and failure probability.
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  • fault trees
  • event trees
  • various hazards
  • structured analysis
  • component contributors

  • thereby determining
  • identifying various
  • initiating event
  • pra utilizes
  • consequential damage

  • ranked order
  • analysis process
  • hazard levels
  • damage associated
  • utilizes event

  • resultant damage
  • fault tree
  • various levels
  • event tree
  • nuclear power

  • draft report
  • power industries
  • step involve
  • peer reviewers


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