Abstract
PSA is a systematic and comprehensive methodology to evaluate how the personnel and the safety systems work together to ensure safety of nuclear power plants. It is used from design through construction and operation up to removal from service during the plant decommissioning process.
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Kovacs, Z. (2014). Introduction. In: Probabilistic Safety Assessment of WWER440 Reactors. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08548-7_1
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