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Reliability and Safety Engineering

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This chapter introduces the relevant terms of reliability and safety engineering. The need for this discipline and also its wide range of applications are discussed. A historical overview in the form of important milestones, present challenges and future needs for the practice of reliability and safety engineering are explained. Potential improvements in probabilistic safety assessment as revealed by Fukushima accident are also discussed, which include improving accident sequence modeling, increasing the scope of the analysis, and appropriate treatment of uncertainties. Resources including failure data banks, tools, list of journals, and list of conferences are provided.

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  1. ATØM, Stord/Haugesund University College, Bjornsons Gate 45, 5528, Haugesund, Norway

    Ajit Kumar Verma & Srividya Ajit

  2. Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

    Durga Rao Karanki

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Verma, A.K., Ajit, S., Karanki, D.R. (2016). Introduction. In: Reliability and Safety Engineering. Springer Series in Reliability Engineering. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6269-8_1

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