Importance of Probabilistic Evaluations in Connection with Risk Analyses According to Technical Safety Laws. A Contribution to the Clearer Definition of 'Risks' and 'Hazards' with Particular Regard to the Atomic Energy Law.

摘要

The nuclear energy sector exemplifies the essential importance to be attached to the practical application of probabilistic evaluations (e.g. probabilistic reliability analyses) in connection with the legal risk assessment of technical systems and installations. The study is making use of a triad risk analysis and tries to reconcile the natural science and legal points of view. Without changing the definitions of 'risk' and 'hazard' in the legal sense of their meaning the publication discusses their reconcilation with the laws of natural science, their interpretation and application in view of the latter. (ERA citation 12:045554)