Risk-based decision making for dam safety

摘要

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has been using risk analysis to make investment desiions for several years on proposed major rehabilitation proejcts which do not involve public safety issues. Efforts are now underway to extend the use of risk anlaysis to the Dam Safety Assurance Program. This paper presents the procedures proposed for USACE projects and discusses some of the issues which maust be resolved if risk analysis is to be used to make safety-related decisions.