RECENT PROJECTS

Density of Marine Traffic

Estimation of frequency of ships in various directions, and their kinetic energies, for risk assessment of planned offshore facility.

Prioritization of Inspections

Development of method for prioritizing inspection of activities during construction of power plant, to ensure that risk from construction errors is very low.

Aging in Probabilistic Safety Assessment

Summary of methods of data analysis for investigating aging of components in nuclear power plants, illustrated with a demonstration analysis of data.

Aggregation of Expert Opinions

Peer review of method proposed for aggregating expert opinions on frequency of rare events at nuclear power plants.

Development of Monitoring for Risk Control

Development of criteria and statistical tools for periodic monitoring of safety systems in power-generating plants.

Analysis of Cost Data

Analysis of types of costs in sample of properties, to extrapolate to all acquired properties and determine allowed depreciation for tax purposes.

Data Analysis Handbook

Major author of Handbook of Parameter Estimation for Probabilistic Risk Assessment. Primary author of "Basic Event Probability Models," "Parameter Estimation and Model Validation," and "Trends and Aging," and major contributor to several other chapters. This handbook summarizes the most useful statistical analysis tools for probabilistic risk assessment for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Instruction in Statistics

Co-developer and instructor of 9-day course in basic probability and statistics for risk assessment, taught periodically to professional engineers and managers.

Contributions to Development of Database

Implementation of algorithms for proprietary database, including computations for empirical Bayes and hierarchical Bayes analysis.

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