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Proving DRACO will deliver
The United States is now closer than it has been in over five decades to launching the first nuclear thermal rocket into space, thanks to DRACO—the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Orbit.
David H. Worledge, Ian B. Wall
Nuclear Technology | Volume 84 | Number 3 | March 1989 | Pages 256-259
Technical Paper | Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Risk Management / Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A34208
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The Electric Power Research Institute research project on common-cause failures (CCFs) is the main vehicle for presenting a survey of developments in the field over the last 5 yr. The roles of other organizations worldwide are highlighted to show the international and synergistic character of the work accomplished. Included are aspects of data analysis, modeling approaches, and defensive strategies and tactics that can lessen the impact of CCFs on risk and plant operations. The emphasis is on how the available approaches can be seen to contribute to a more systematic and integrated treatment of CCFs in applied risk and reliability analyses than has been available in the past. Opportunities for future research are also briefly discussed.