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McCormick, Norman Joseph was born on December 9, 1938 in Hays, Kansas, United States. Son of Clyde Truman and Vera Mae (Miller) McCormick.
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A prior knowledge of probability theory would be helpful for the material in Part I; likewise, a previous introduction to the engineered safety features of a nuclear reactor makes portions of Part II easier to understand. For those without this background, introductory material is provided in Chapter 2 and the appendixes.
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The book has been developed in conjunction with NERS 462, a course offered every year to seniors and graduate students in the University of Michigan NERS program. The first half of the book covers the principles of risk analysis, the techniques used to develop and update a reliability data base, the reliability of multi-component systems, Markov methods used to analyze the unavailability of systems with repairs, fault trees and event trees used in probabilistic risk assessments (PRAs), and failure modes of systems. All of this material is general enough that it could be used in non-nuclear applications, although there is an emphasis placed on the analysis of nuclear systems. The second half of the book covers the safety analysis of nuclear energy systems, an analysis of major accidents and incidents that occurred in commercial nuclear plants, applications of PRA techniques to the safety analysis of nuclear power plants (focusing on a major PRA study for five nuclear power plants), practical PRA examples, and emerging techniques in the structure of dynamic event trees and fault trees that can provide a more realistic representation of complex sequences of events. The book concludes with a discussion on passive safety features of advanced nuclear energy systems under development and approaches taken for risk-informed regulations for nuclear plants.
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McCormick, Norman Joseph was born on December 9, 1938 in Hays, Kansas, United States. Son of Clyde Truman and Vera Mae (Miller) McCormick.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1960; Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering, University Illinois, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy in Nuclear Engineering, University Michigan, 1965.
Postdoctoral researcher National Science Foundation, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, 1965-1966. Assistant professor University Washington, Seattle, 1966-1970, associate professor, 1970-1975, professor, 1975—2003, professor emeritus, since 2003. Exchange fellow National Academy of Sciences, Ljubljana, 1971.
Scientist Science Applications, Inc., Palo Alto, California, 1974-1975. Member, editorial board Transport Theory and Statistical Physics, since 1982. Adjunct professor, oceanography University Washington, 1996-2003.
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Fellow American Nuclear Society. Member biomedical Optics Society, American Nuclear Society, Optical Society American.
Married Mildred Mirring, August 20, 1961. Children: Kenneth John, Nancy Lynn.