NRC History: Safe Enough? The Birth, Death, and Rebirth of Probabilistic Risk Assessment (1975) @NRCgovVideo
NRC History: Safe Enough? The Birth, Death, and Rebirth of Probabilistic Risk Assessment (1975) @NRCgovVideo
Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
In this video, NRC Historian Thomas Wellock will trace the birth, death, and rebirth of probabilistic risk assessment as an essential tool to safety.
In the coming decades, the NRC sought to use PRA wisely, remaining sensitive to its limitations and the value of a traditional deterministic approach to safety.
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NRC History: Safe Enough? The Birth, Death, and Rebirth of Probabilistic Risk Assessment (1975)

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