Probabilistic safety assessment: quantitative process to balance design, manufacturing and operation for safety of plant structures and systems Original Research Article

Probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) has to date been successfully applied in various branches of technology. Rather than reviewing the details of development and applications, more general issues related to PSA and the specific use of them to balance design, manufacturing and operation for safety of plant structures and systems are addressed. Based on some industrial examples, insights are discussed and conclusions are given.