6. Analysis

By way of example, this paragraph presents a number of applications for feedback from pressurized water nuclear power plants, in order to demonstrate the interest and usefulness of feedback for operational safety studies, as well as the benefits that can be expected from high-quality feedback and the lessons that can be learned from it.

Remember that any feedback analysis requires a "visual" analysis of the quality of the information and its relevance to the problem at hand. The expert analyst must demonstrate rigor, common sense and an ability to summarize, and must of course be familiar with the data, its operation and the equipment involved. Any quantitative analysis requires a prior qualitative analysis, followed by the use of probabilistic and statistical methods. It also requires common sense, knowledge of operation and equipment to interpret results. All...