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Risk Assessment at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Low-Probability High-Consequence Risk Analysis

Part of the book series: Advances in Risk Analysis ((AIRA,volume 2))

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This paper briefly reviews recent developments within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on risk assessment and then describes the current status of the Commission’s effort to develop safety goals for nuclear power plant accidents.

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Rathbun, D.K. (1984). Risk Assessment at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In: Waller, R.A., Covello, V.T. (eds) Low-Probability High-Consequence Risk Analysis. Advances in Risk Analysis, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1818-8_17

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