{"product_id":"risk-importance-measures-in-the-ivan-vrbanic-9780791861394","title":"Risk Importance Measures in the Design and Operation of Nuclear Power Plants","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis monograph presents and discusses risk importance measures as\u003cbr\u003e quantified by the probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) models of nuclear\u003cbr\u003e power plants (NPPs) developed according to the current standards\u003cbr\u003e and practices. Usually, PRA tools calculate risk importance measures\u003cbr\u003e related to a single \"basic event\" representing particular failure mode.\u003cbr\u003e This is, then, reflected in many current PRA applications. The monograph\u003cbr\u003e focuses on the concept of \"component-level\" importance measures\u003cbr\u003e that take into account different failure modes of the component\u003cbr\u003e including common-cause failures (CCFs). In opening sections the role\u003cbr\u003e of risk assessment in safety analysis of an NPP is introduced and discussion\u003cbr\u003e given of \"traditional\", mainly deterministic, design principles\u003cbr\u003e which have been established to assign a level of importance to a particular\u003cbr\u003e system, structure or component. This is followed by an overview\u003cbr\u003e of main risk importance measures for risk increase and risk decrease\u003cbr\u003e from current PRAs. Basic relations which exist among the measures are\u003cbr\u003e shown. Some of the current practical applications of risk importance\u003cbr\u003e measures from the field of NPP design, operation and regulation are\u003cbr\u003e discussed. The core of the monograph provides a discussion on theoretical\u003cbr\u003e background and practical aspects of main risk importance measures\u003cbr\u003e at the level of \"component\" as modeled in a PRA, starting from\u003cbr\u003e the simplest case, single basic event, and going toward more complex\u003cbr\u003e cases with multiple basic events and involvements in CCF groups. The\u003cbr\u003e intent is to express the component-level importance measures via the\u003cbr\u003e importance measures and probabilities of the underlying single basic\u003cbr\u003e events, which are the inputs readily available from a PRA model and\u003cbr\u003e its results. Formulas are derived and discussed for some typical cases.\u003cbr\u003e The formulas and their results are demonstrated through some practical\u003cbr\u003e examples, done by means of a simplified PRA model developed in\u003cbr\u003e and run by RiskSpectrum(R) tool, which are presented in the appendices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ivan Vrbanic,Pranab Samanta,Ivica Basic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791861392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791861394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e American Society of Mechanical Engineers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Ivan Vrbanic","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47422601593087,"sku":"9780791861394","price":124.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_58fc407b-ff79-405a-9ee8-ea88bd5693ee.jpg?v=1761527849","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/risk-importance-measures-in-the-ivan-vrbanic-9780791861394","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}