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Beginner's Probabilistic Risk Assessment Course (3 1/2 Days)
Schedule
July 17 - 8:30am to 5:00pm
July 18 - 8:30am to 5:00pm
July 19 - 8:30am to 5:00pm
July 20 - 8:30am to 12:00pm
Objectives
- Familiarize students with the concept of probabilistic risk assessment
- Introduction to major elements of PRA – data analysis, system analysis and event sequence analysis
- Use of RISKMAN® as a tool for PRA
Course Contents
- Basic risk assessment concepts
- History of risk and reliability analysis
- Quantitative definition of risk/reliability
- What is Probabilistic Risk Assessment?
- PRA methodology Issues
- Probability concepts (including common cause failures)
- Overview of RISKMAN®/PRA methodology
- Introduction to Data Analysis
- Bayes’ theorem and Bayesian updating
- Development of a PRA database
- Introduction to RISKMAN® Data Module
- Workshop problems
- Introduction to System Analysis
- System analysis process and procedure
- System modeling (fault tree analysis)
- Introduction to RISKMAN® System Analysis Module
- Workshop problems
- Introduction to Event Sequence Analysis
- Event sequence modeling (event tree analysis)
- Event sequence diagrams
- Dependency Tables
- Introduction to RISKMAN® Event Tree Analysis Module
- Workshop problems
- Quantification and Results Interpretation
- Setup for event sequence quantification (initiating event setup and event tree linking)
- Summary of types of results from RISKMAN®
- RISKMAN® report generation and result interpretation
- Simple applications of PRA results
For pricing information and to register, please contact:
Donald Wakefield
Senior Consultant
ABS Consulting
300 Commerce Drive Suite 200
Irvine, CA 92602
T: 1-714-734-2503 | dwakefield@absconsulting.com
F: 1-714-734-4282 |
