The impact of INPO on plant performance and operations
Name
43893265-MIT.pdf
Description
Full printable version
Size
2.99 MB
Format
Adobe PDF
Checksum (MD5)
b088ea4efc0a53f6403c595209206b70
Author(s)
Khan, Humera
Advisor(s)
Kent F. Hansen, Nelson Repenning, and Richard Tabors.
Alternative Title
Impact of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations on plant performance and operations
Date Issued
1998
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
The goal of this research was to understand the effect that a voluntary regulatory body, the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), has on the nuclear industry. Understanding this information exchange sector is a step towards understanding the dynamics of reform in a high risk industry. This was done through creating a model of the information flow through the industry and analyzing the results. This model shows how INPO interacts with the nuclear industry, and how they run their own organization. Once this model had been created, it was linked to an existing model of a nuclear power utility. This updated model gave a more accurate depiction of the learning effect that INPO has on the utility's performance and operations. The program used to create these computer simulation models was VENSIM, a systems dynamics utility by Ventana Systems.
Description
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Technology and Policy Program, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-86).
Subjects
Nuclear Engineering.
Technology and Policy Program.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Technology and Policy Program
Sloan School of Management
Terms of Use
M.I.T. theses are protected by
copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but
reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written
permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.
copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but
reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written
permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.
Persistent DSpace Link
