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The news is abuzz with recent news stories about four radioactive wasp nests found at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The site has been undergoing cleanup operations since the 1990s related to the production of plutonium and tritium for defense purposes during the Cold War. Cleanup activities are expected to continue into the 2060s.
N. Z. Cho, I. A. Papazoglou, R. A. Bari
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 95 | Number 3 | March 1987 | Pages 165-188
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE87-A20446
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A methodology for reliability allocation in nuclear power plants, which determines reliability characteristics of reactor systems, subsystems, and components (low-level criteria) that are consistent with a set of top-level performance criteria such as the likelihood of core damage, adverse health effects, and associated economics is presented. The methodology, based on the multiobjective programming technique in a decision-theoretic approach, does not require elaborate value judgments in determining the low-level criteria. Central to the methodology are the concept of noninferiority and finding the noninferior solution set. Several results of the methodology application to a realistic problem are also provided.