Trending of Low Level Events and Near Misses to Enhance Safety Performance in Nuclear Power Plants

Download or read book Trending of Low Level Events and Near Misses to Enhance Safety Performance in Nuclear Power Plants written by International Atomic Energy Agency and published by IAEA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication contains guidance for maximising the operational safety performance of nuclear power plants through the collection and study of low level safety events and near misses, in order to identify potential safety concerns at an early stage. It sets out examples, methodologies and suggestions to plant operators on how to implement a procedure to detect, select and process such events which can help prevent major incidents from occurring as any latent weaknesses can be identified and corrected.