This section lists refereed articles in journals and NUREGs (Nuclear Regulatory Commission reports) that were subjected to extensive outside review before publication. C. L. Atwood is the sole author unless co-authors are listed.
Industry Average Performance for Components
and Initiating Events at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants, 2007, NUREG/CR-6928,
INL/EXT-06-11119. Co-authors: S. A. Eide, T. E. Wierman, C. D. Gentillon, D. M.
Rasmuson, C. L. Atwood.
"Mixture Priors for Bayesian Performance Monitoring 1: Fixed-Constituent Model," 2005, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 89, pp. 151-163. Co-authors: Robert W. Youngblood and Corwin L. Atwood.
"Mixture Priors for Bayesian Performance Monitoring 2: Variable-Constituent Model," 2005, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 89, pp. 164-176. Co-authors: Corwin L. Atwood and Robert W. Youngblood.
"Bayesian Estimation of Unavailability," 2004, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 84, pp. 225-239. Co-authors: Corwin L. Atwood and Max Engelhardt.
Handbook of Parameter Estimation for Probabilistic Risk Assessment, 2003, NUREG/CR-6823. Co-authors: C. L. Atwood, J. L. LaChance, H. F. Martz, D. J. Anderson, M. Engelhardt, D. Whitehead, T. Wheeler.
"A Random-Walk Pseudorandom Byte Generator," 2000, Applied Mathematical Modeling, 20, pp. 771-778. Co-authors: D. A. Dahl, C. L. Atwood, and R. A. LaViolette.
Assessment of Pressurized Water Reactor Primary System Leaks, 1999, NUREG/CR-6582, INEEL/EXT-98-01068. Co-authors: V. N. Shah, M. B. Sattison, C. L. Atwood, A. J. Ware, G. M. Grant, R. S. Hartley.
Rates of Initiating Events at
Evaluation of Loss of Offsite Power Events at Nuclear Power Plants: 1980-1996, 1998, NUREG/CR-5496, INEEL/EXT-97-00887. Co-authors: C. L. Atwood, D. L. Kelly, F. M. Marshall, D. A. Prawdzik, J. W. Stetkar.
"Constrained Noninformative Priors in Risk Assessment," 1996, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 53, pp. 37-46.
"Uncertainty in Binomial Failures and Demands with Applications to Reliability," 1996, International Journal of Reliability, Quality, and Safety Engineering, 3, pp. 43-57. Co-authors: Harry F. Martz, Paul H. Kvam, Corwin L. Atwood.
"Techniques for Uncertainty Analysis of Complex Measurement Processes," 1996, Journal of Quality Technology, 28, pp. 1-11. Co-authors: Corwin L. Atwood and Max Engelhardt.
"Two-Stage Sampling for Bounding a Mean," 1995, Environmetrics, 6, pp. 73-83. Co-authors: Corwin L. Atwood and Mark F. Bryan.
"Interpretation of Probabilistic Structural Analysis of Passive Component Aging," 1994, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, 251, pp. 295-301. Co-authors: J. H. Phillips, C. L. Atwood, H. L. Magleby, and S. T. Khericha.
"Parametric Estimation of Time-Dependent Failure Rates, for Probabilistic Risk Assessment," 1992, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 37, pp. 181-194.
"The Iodine Spiking Release Rate During a Steam Generator Tube Rupture," 1991, Nuclear Technology, 94, pp. 361-371. Co-authors: J. P. Adams and C. L. Atwood.
"Determining System Maintainability as a Probability," 1989, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 24, pp. 69-76. Co-authors: R. E. Wright and C. L. Atwood.
"Distributions for Binomial Failure Rate Parameters," 1987, Nuclear Technology, 79, pp. 66-81.
"The Binomial Failure Rate Common Cause Model," 1986, Technometrics, 28, pp. 139-148. Winner of Jack Youden Prize for best expository paper in the journal for that year.
"Correct Bayesian and Frequentist Intervals Are Similar," 1986, Nuclear Engineering and Design, 93, pp. 145-151.
"Approximate Tolerance Intervals, Based on Maximum Likelihood Estimates," 1984, J. Am. Stat. Assoc., 79, pp. 459-465.
"Convergent Design Sequences, for Sufficiently Regular Optimality Criteria, II: Singular Case," 1980, Ann. Stat., 8, pp. 894-912.
"Convergent Design Sequences, for Sufficiently Regular Optimality Criteria," 1976, Ann. Stat., 4, pp. 1124-1138.
"Kala-azar in
"Estimating Mean Time to Reach a Milestone, Using Retrospective Data," 1976, Biometrics, 32, pp. 159-172. Co-authors: C. L. Atwood and A. Taube.
"Estimating a Response Surface with an Uncertain Number of Parameters,
Assuming
"Sequences Converging to D-Optimal Designs of Experiments," 1973, Ann. Stat., 1, pp. 342-352.
"Robust Procedures for Estimating Polynomial Regression," 1971, J. Am. Stat. Assoc., 66, pp. 855-860.
"Optimal and Efficient Designs of Experiments," 1969, Ann. Math. Stat., 40, pp. 1570-1602.
This section lists invited publications in journals and invited presentations at meetings.
"Individual Model Validation and Probabilistic Weighting of Models," 1994, in Model Uncertainty: Its Characterization and Quantification, A. Mosleh et al., eds., NUREG/CP-0138, proceedings of workshop held October 1993.
"Using Data to Check Model Assumptions," 1992, summary of invited talk in Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, TANSAO 65, pp. 225-226.
"Choose the Philosophy to Fit the Task," 1988, invited note in Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 23, pp. 259-262.
Invited book review of Optimal Design: An Introduction to the Theory of Parameter Estimation by S. D. Silvey, 1981, J. Am. Stat. Assoc., 76, p. 1012.
Invited comments on "Small Sample Sensitivity Analysis Techniques for Computer Models, with an Application to Risk Assessment" by R. Iman and W. J. Conover, 1980, Commun. Stat. A, 9, pp. 1847-1851.
Invited book review of Optimal Subset Selection: Multiple Regression, Interdependence and Optimal Network Algorithms by Boyce, Farhi, and Weischedel, 1976, J. Am. Stat. Assoc., 71, p. 249.
"Computational Considerations for Convergence to an Optimal Design," 1976, invited paper in Proc. 1976 Conf. on Information Sciences and Systems, Johns Hopkins University, pp. 345-349.
Invited discussion of "Results in the Theory and Construction of D-optimum Experimental Designs," by H. P. Wynn, 1972, J. Roy. Stat. Soc. Ser. B, 34, pp. 180-181.
This section lists company formal reports and NUREGs (Nuclear Regulatory Commission reports) that were not subjected to extensive review.
Independent Verification of the Mitigating Systems Performance Index (MSPI) Results for the Pilot Plants, 2005, NUREG-1816. Co-authors: D. A. Dube, C. L. Atwood, S. A. Eide, B. B. Mrowca, R. W. Youngblood, D. P. Zeek.
Risk-Based Performance Indicators Results of Phase 1 Development, 2001, NUREG-1753. Co-authors: H. G. Hamzehee, R. W. Youngblood, S. A. Eide, R.F. Buell, H. Dezfuli, C. Atwood, C. Smith, R. Bertucio, L. Wolfram, J. F. Meyer, F. Zikria, K. Green.
Pattern Recognition and Risk Analysis for Combating Fraud to the Detriment of the Community, Vol. I, Final Report, 1998, European Commission Joint Research Centre, ISIS/ATIA/109. Co-authors: Spyros P. Arsenis, Corwin L. Atwood.
A Simulation Study of Audits for Fraud, 1997, European Commission Joint Research Centre, ISIS/ATIA/90/1997. Co-authors: Corwin L. Atwood, Spyros P. Arsenis, Fabrizio De Amicis.
Estimating Fraud Parameters from IRENE and Designing an Audit: Data, Methods, and Demonstration Studies, 1997, European Commission Joint Research Centre, ISIS/ATIA/88/1997. Co-authors: Corwin L. Atwood, Spyros P. Arsenis, Fabrizio De Amicis.
Evidence of Aging Effects on Certain Safety-Related Components, 1996, NUREG/CR-6442, INEL-95/0654, NEA/CSNI/R(95)9. Co-authors: H. L. Magleby, C. L. Atwood, P. E. MacDonald, J. L. Edson, D. L. Bramwell.
Systems Analysis Programs for Hands-on Integrated Reliability Evaluations (SAPHIRE) Version 5.0: Technical Reference Manual, 1994, NUREG/CR-6116, EGG-2716, Vol. 1. Co-authors: K. D. Russell, C. L. Atwood, W. J. Galyean, M. B. Sattison, D. M. Rasmuson.
SAPHIRE Technical Reference Manual: IRRAS/SARA Version 4.0, 1993, NUREG/CR-5964. Co-authors: K. D. Russell, C. L. Atwood, M. B. Sattison, D. M. Rasmuson.
Aging Data Analysis and Risk Assessment - Development and Demonstration Study, 1992, NUREG/CR-5378. Co-authors: A. J. Wolford, C. L. Atwood, and W. S. Roesener.
BURYIT/ANALYZ: A Computer Package for Assessment of Radiological Risk of
Low-Level Radioactive
Data Analysis Using the Binomial Failure Rate Common Cause Model, 1983, NUREG/CR-3437.
Common Cause Fault Rates for Instrumentation and Control Assemblies, 1983, NUREG/CR-3289. Co-authors: T. R. Meachum and C. L. Atwood.
Common Cause Fault Rates for Valves, 1983, NUREG/CR-2770. Co-authors: J. A. Steverson and C. L. Atwood.
User's Guide to BFR: A Computer Code Based on the Binomial Failure Rate Common Cause Model, 1983, NUREG/CR-2729. Co-authors: C. L. Atwood and W. J. Suitt. BFR
Common Cause Fault Rates for Pumps, 1983, NUREG/CR-2098.
Common Cause Fault Rates for Diesel Generators, 1982, NUREG/CR-2099. Co-authors: C. L. Atwood and J. A. Steverson.
Estimators for the Binomial Failure Rate Common Cause Model, 1980, NUREG/CR-1401.
User's Guide to PDFPLOT, a Code for Plotting Certain Statistical Distribution Functions, 1978, TREE-1290. Co-authors: C. F. Miller, A. J. Nelson, N. D. Cox and C. L. Atwood.
"Application of Mixture Priors to Assessment of Performance," 2004, Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management: PSAM 7, ESREL '04, Vol. 1, pp. 444-449, Springer. Co-authors: Corwin L. Atwood and Robert W. Youngblood.
"Predictive Distributions for Detecting Departures from an Uncertain Baseline," 2004, Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management: PSAM 7, ESREL '04, Vol 2, pp. 1051-1056, Springer.
Monitoring and Reporting Industry Performance for the Initiating Events Cornerstone of Safety, 2003, INEEL/EXT-03-01179. Co-authors: Steven A. Eide, Corwin L. Atwood, Robert W. Youngblood, Dale Rasmuson.
Mixture Priors for Estimating Risk, 2003, STATWOOD-2003/1.
Predictive Distributions for Poisson and Binomial Counts, 2002, STATWOOD-2002/1.1.
"Alternative Decision Rules for Assessing Performance," 2002, Probabilistic
Safety Assessment PSA'02,
"Analysis
of Pressurized Water Reactor Primary Coolant Leak Events Caused by Thermal
Fatigue," 1999, Safety and Reliability: Proceedings of ESREL '99 -
The Tenth European Conference on Safety and Reliability,
"Calculating the Statistical Properties of Simulated Cloud Reflectance
Fields Using Iterative Empirical Bayesian Updating," 1999, American
Geophysical Union Spring Meeting,
"Engineering and Safety Assessment of Field Experience Related to
Pressurized Water Reactor Primary System Leaks," 1999, PSA '99,
"Rates of Initiating Events at
"Evaluation of Loss of Offsite Power Events at Nuclear Power Plants:
1980-1996," 1999, PSA '99,
"Assessment of Field Experience Related to Pressurized Water Reactor
Primary System Leaks," 1999, ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping
Conference,
"Using Latin Hypercube Sampling & Expert Systems as Basis for Best-Estimate Plus Uncertainty Methodology in RELAP5-3D(c) Advanced Thermal-Hydraulic Code," 1999, Proceedings of the 3rd ASME/JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, San Francisco. Co-authors: Richard R. Schultz and Corwin L. Atwood.
"Impact of Uncertainties on the Response of an Externally Flooded Vessel," 1998, Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management: PSAM-4, Vol. 4, pp. 2885-2890. Co-authors: J. L. Rempe, D. L. Knudson, C. L. Atwood, M. J. Cebull.
"Summary of Initiating Event Updates," 1998, Probabilistic
Safety Assessment and Management: PSAM-4, Vol. 2, pp. 1385-1390.
Co-authors: D. Marksberry, D. Rasmuson, J. Houghton, S. Mays, C. Atwood, J.
Poloski, F.
"An Overview of the USNRC's System Reliability Studies," 1998, Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management: PSAM-4, Vol. 2, pp. 1373-1378. Co-authors: D. M. Rasmuson, T. R. Wolf, S. E. Mays, J. J. Poloski, C. D. Gentillon, W. E. Galyean, C. L. Atwood.
Potential for AP600 In-Vessel Retention through Ex-Vessel Flooding, 1997, INEEL/EXT-97-00779. Co-authors: J. L. Rempe, D. L. Knudson, C. M. Allison, G. L. Thinnes, C. L. Atwood, M. J. Cebull.
"Bayesian Treatment of Uncertainty in Classifying Data: Two Case Studies," 1996, Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management '96: ESREL'96/PSAM-III, Vol. 2, pp. 1283-1288. Co-authors: Corwin L. Atwood and Cynthia D. Gentillon.
Technical Evaluation Report: Westinghouse Code Qualification Document for Best Estimate Loss of Coolant Accident Analysis, WCAP-12945-P, 1996, INEL-95/0608. Co-authors: C. P. Fineman, C. L. Atwood, D. S. Lucas, L. W. Ward.
Modeling Patterns in Count Data Using Loglinear and Related Models, 1995, INEL-95/0121.
Practical Guidance for Statistical Analysis of Operational Event Data, 1995, INEL-95/0234.
High Pressure Coolant Injection (HPCI) System Performance, 1987-1993, 1995, INEL-94/0158. Co-authors: G. M. Grant, W. S. Roesener, D. G. Hall, C. L. Atwood, C. D. Gentillon, T. R. Wolf.
"Operational Reliability of Standby Safety Systems," 1994, Twenty-Second Water Reactor Safety Information Meeting, NUREG/CP-0140, Vol. 1, pp. 341-358. Co-authors: G. Grant, C. Atwood, C. Gentillon, D. Rasmuson, J. Boardman.
Collecting Operational Data for Statistical Analysis, 1994, EGG-RAAM-11086.
Hits per Trial: Basic Analysis of Binomial Data, 1994, EGG-RAAM-11041.
Tests of a Homogeneous Poisson Process against Clustering and Other Alternatives, 1994, EGG-RAAM-11182.
Uncertainty Analysis of Tritium Release in the ATR-2D Experiment, 1993, EDF NPR-MHTGR-0668. Co-authors: M. E. Engelhardt and C. L. Atwood.
Uncertainty Analysis of Tritium Release in the ATR-2C Experiment, 1993, EDF NPR-MHTGR-0667. Co-authors: M. E. Engelhardt and Corwin L. Atwood.
Uncertainty Analysis of Tritium Release in the ATR-2B Experiment, 1993, EDF NPR-MHTGR-0661. Co-authors: M. E. Engelhardt and Corwin L. Atwood.
Nonparametric Tests Corresponding to 2-sigma and 3-sigma Limits, 1993, EDF TRA-ATR-822.
Uncertainty Analysis of Tritium Release in the ATR-2A Experiment, 1993, EDF NPR-MHTGR-0544.
Empirical Distributions of Radionuclides, from RWMIS Data, 1993, EGG-RAAM-10741. Co-authors: Corwin L. Atwood and Melinda J. Schlafman.
Data and Statistical Methods for Analysis of Trends and Patterns, 1992, EGG-RAAM-10563. Co-authors: C. L. Atwood, C. D. Gentillon, G. E. Wilson.
Statistical Analysis of Radiation Data from WERF Flyash, 1992, EGG-SR-10233.
Uncertainty Analysis of Tritium Release in the ATR-1 Experiment, 1992, EGG-NPR-10173. Co-authors: Corwin L. Atwood and Max Engelhardt.
Number of Fly Ash Samples for Radiation Analysis, 1992, EDF WERF-0108.
NP-MHTGR Tritium Target Fabrication, 1991, NPRD-91-054. Co-authors: C. M. Barnes, R. I. DeVelasco, C. L. Atwood, J. P. Davies, P. A. Lessing, S. J. Losinski.
Inventory Data and Assessment Report for the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base PCB Inventory Assessment and Cleanup Program, 1991, EGG-WM-9665. Co-authors: A. M. Boehmer, D. C. Freund, C. L. Atwood.
Statistical Approach to Acceptance of Target Particles and Compacts Manufactured for the ATR-1 Experiment, 1991, EGG-NPR-8450 (Rev. D). Co-authors: C. L. Atwood, J. J. Einerson.
Required Number of TCLP Analyses of Stabilized WERF Ash, 1991, EDF WROC-070.
Recommended Methods for Statistical Analysis of Data Containing Less-than-Detectable Measurements, 1991, EGG-SARE-9427, Rev. 1. Co-authors: C. L. Atwood, L. G. Blackwood, G. A. Harris, C. A. Loehr.
User's Guide to PHAZE, a Computer Program for Parametric Hazard Function Estimation, 1990, EGG-SSRE-9017.
Estimating Hazard Functions for Repairable Components, 1990, EGG-SSRE-8972.
"A Comparison of RAM Importance Measures," 1989, Proc. of PSA '89 Internat. Topical Mtg. Probability, Reliability, and Safety Assessment, pp. 308-313. Co-authors: C. L. Atwood, A. J. Wolford, and R. E. Wright.
Preliminary Development and Screening of Release Scenarios from Greater
Confinement Disposal of Transuranic Waste at the
Current Methods of Handling Less-than-Detectable Measurements and Detection Limits in Statistical Analysis of Environmental Data, 1989, EGG-SARE-8609. Co-authors: C. L. Hertzler, C. L. Atwood, G. A. Harris.
A Survey of the Nuclear Plant Reliability Data System and Licensee Event
Reports to Determine Linear Failure Rates, 1989, EGG-SSRE-8603. Co-authors:
A. J. Wolford, C. L. Atwood, W.
Review of Selected Radiation Monitoring Results at and Near the Radioactive Waste Management Site of the Nevada Test Site, 1970-1988 - Final Draft, 1989, EGG-SARE-8555. Co-authors: C. L. Hertzler, C. L. Atwood.
"SKYSHIN, A Computer Code for Calculating Radiation Dose Over a Barrier," 1987, Proc. of 20th Midyear Symposium of the Health Physics Society, pp. 178-185. Co-authors: C. L. Atwood, J. R. Boland, and P. T. Dickman.
Statistical Analysis of Correlations and Differences in Data of the DOE Weld Evaluation Project, 1986, EGG-WEP-7538.
Methodology for the Uncertainty Quantification of Computer Codes (Draft), 1986, NUREG/CR-3006 (Draft). Co-authors: R. G. Hanson, C. L. Atwood, J. J. Einerson, H. H. Nielson, G. E. Wilson, N. D. Cox.
User's Guide to WELDSAMP, an IBM PC Program, 1986, EGG-WEP-86-001.
"How Well Does a Common Cause Model Fit the Data?" 1985, Trans. of 8th Internat. Conf. on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Vol. M1, pp. 399-405.
"Distributions of Component Failure Rates, Estimated from LER Data," 1985, Proc. of ANS/ENS Internat. Topical Mtg. on Probabilistic Safety Methods and Applications, pp. 47-1 through 47-8.
WASTE-PRA: A Computer Package for Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Shallow-Land Burial of Low-Level Radioactive Waste, 1985, EGG-EA-7106. Co-authors: N. D. Cox and C. L. Atwood.
Occupational Risks for Borehole Disposal, 1985, SE-A-85-022. Co-authors: N. D. Cox and C. L. Atwood.
User's Guide to MIX: A Computer Code for Fitting Mixture Distributions to Data, 1984, EGG-EA-6703.
"Density Estimation Using Mixtures", 1983, Annual Meeting of Inst. Math. Stat. Co-authors: C. L. Atwood and B. G. Lindsay.
User's Guide to HOMOG: A Computer Program for Investigating Homogeneity of Poisson Data Sources, 1982, EGG-EA-5726.
Progress Report on Failure Data Analysis, 1981, EGG-EA-5614. Co-authors: C. L. Atwood, W. J. Bush, N. D. Cox, and C. D. Gentillon.
"Tests of a Simple Multinomial Hypothesis when the Sample is Not Large," 1981, Amer. Stat. Assoc. 1981 Proceedings of the Stat. Computing Section, pp. 130-134.
User's Guide to ANYOLS: A Flexible Stepwise Regression Program, 1981, EGG-EA-5455.
"Common Cause Failure Rate Estimates for Diesel Generators in Nuclear Power Plants," 1981, Proc. Internat. ANS/ENS Topical Mtg. on Probabilisitic Risk Assessment, pp. 659-665. Co-authors: J. A. Steverson and C. L. Atwood.
"Estimating Common Cause Failure Rates for Pumps in Nuclear Reactors," 1980, 1980 DOE Statistical Symposium, pp. 15-26.
"Estimators for the Truncated Beta-Binomial Distribution," 1980, Western Regional Meeting of Inst. of Math. Stat.
Developmental Verification of FRAP Uncertainty Analysis Option, 1979, CDAP-TR-050. Co-authors: S. O. Peck and C. L. Atwood.
"Uncertainty Analysis of Computed Heat Transfer Parameters," 1979, AIChE Symposium Series No. 189, 75, pp. 14-19. Co-authors: N. D. Cox, D. J. Varacalle, Jr., and C. L. Atwood.
Local Conditions and Uncertainty Band Calculations for Semiscale Test S-02-9, 1979, CDAP-TR-048. Co-authors: D. J. Varacalle, Jr., N. D. Cox, C. L. Atwood, S. C. Madden, and K. G. Condie.
Study of Adequacy of a Response Surface Fit, 1978, RE-A-78-200. Co-authors: N. D. Cox and C. L. Atwood.
Test of Sensitivity Analysis Method for Evaluating the Precision Needed for LOFT Instrumentation, 1978, RE-A-78-077. Co-authors: N. D. Cox, C. L. Atwood, and C. F. Miller.
User's Guide to ANYOLS - A Regression Program Allowing
"Teaching Fortran to Do Algebra, with Applications to Moment Computations," 1978, Amer. Stat. Assoc. 1978 Proceedings of the Stat. Computing Sec., pp. 139-140.
Moment Calculations in Fault Tree Analysis, 1977, RE-A-77-079.
Use of PRESS and Standardized Residuals in Regression Analysis, 1977, RE-A-77-052.