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RCED-83-158 1 (1983-05-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabeaw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: !I ''7 REPORT BY THE U.S. General Accounting Office Response To Specific Questions On The Indian Point Probabilistic Safety Study This report describes and summarizes how probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) is applied to nuclear powerplants, the methodology and results of a PRA on the Indian Point plants near New York City, and peer review comments on that study. PRAs attempt to examine complex systems, such as nuclear powerplants, and identify their potential safety, environmental, and economic risks. GAO found that while the Indian Point PRA may represent the state of the art in risk assessment, it suffers from the same limitations as all PRAs: uncertain- ties and inconsistencies in data, models, assumptions, and methods. Although the study identified the dominant contributors to risk, it did not identify the precise level of risk from operating the Indian Point nuclear powerplants 121471 GAO/RCED-83-158 MAY 24, 1983 1CCOU$X 19 -f7I

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