Uncertainty Guide
ICSBEP Guide to the Expression of Uncertainties Editor V. F. Dean Subcontractor to Idaho National Laboratory Independent Reviewer Larry G. Blackwood (retired) Idaho National Laboratory Guide to the Expression of Uncertainties for the Evaluation of Critical Experiments ACKNOWLEDGMENT We are most grateful to Fritz H. Fröhner, Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Neutronenphysik und Reaktortechnik, for his preliminary review of this document and for his helpful comments and answers to questions. Revision: 4 i Date: November 30, 2007 Guide to the Expression of Uncertainties for the Evaluation of Critical Experiments This guide was prepared by an ICSBEP subgroup led by G. Poullot, D. Doutriaux, and J. Anno of IRSN, France. The subgroup membership includes the following individuals: J. Anno IRSN (retired), France J. B. Briggs INL, USA R. Bartholomay Westinghouse Safety Management Solutions, USA V. F. Dean, editor Subcontractor to INL, USA D. Doutriaux IRSN (retired), France K. Elam ORNL, USA C. Hopper ORNL, USA R. Jeraj J. Stefan Institute, Slovenia Y. Kravchenko RRC Kurchatov Institute, Russian Federation V. Lyutov VNIITF, Russian Federation R. D. McKnight ANL, USA Y. Miyoshi JAERI, Japan R. D. Mosteller LANL, USA A. Nouri OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, France G. Poullot IRSN (retired), France R. W. Schaefer ANL (retired), USA N. Smith AEAT, United Kingdom Z. Szatmary Technical University of Budapest, Hungary F. Trumble Westinghouse Safety Management Solutions, USA A. Tsiboulia IPPE, Russian Federation O. Zurron ENUSA, Spain The contribution of French participants had strong technical support from Benoit Queffelec, Director of the Société Industrielle d’Etudes et Réalisations, Enghien (France). He is a consultant on statistics applied to industrial and fabrication processes.
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