On Oct. 17, 1989, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck in the vicinity of Loma Prieta, in the southern Santa Cruz Mountains. The quake caused 62 deaths, 3,757 injuries, and over $6 billion in property ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. The importance and significant benefits of probabilistic ...

Cross-impact analysis is widely employed to inform management and policy decisions based on the formulation of scenarios which are defined as combinations of outcomes of relevant uncertainty factors.

The objective of the event is to provide the participants with an opportunity to share experiences and discuss challenges related to the use of PSA in the design and in design evaluation of nuclear ...

The data may be used to assess items associated with the structure to determine a probability or likelihood that one or more items may have a failure or issue. “Other aspects relate to receiving a ...

Probability is a measure of the likelihood of events happening. The greater the proportion of times an event can happen the greater (or more likely) the probability. Events can be ordered by the ...

Since the beginning of the U.S. commercial reactor industry, regulatory agencies have required that nuclear power plant designs take into account the potential threats posed by natural hazards such as ...