Nuclear safety /
Nuclear Safety is a comprehensive reference for heath & safety and engineering professionals in the nuclear industry and related bodies, including regulatory authorities, environmental and energy scientists, students, researchers and consultants. It provides the methods and data needed to evalua...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Boston ; London :
Butterworth-Heinemann,
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction.
- Objectives of nuclear safety.
- Short history of nuclear safety technology.
- Inventory and localisation of radioactive products in the plant.
- Safety systems and their functions.
- Classification of accidents and description of some examples: Classification; Design basis accidents; Beyond design basis accidents.
- Severe accidents.
- Dispersion of radioactive releases.
- Health consequences of releases.
- The general approach to the safety of the plant and of the site.
- Defence in depth.
- Quality assurance.
- Safety analysis: Deterministic safety analysis; Probabilistic safety analysis.
- Safety analysis review.
- Classification of plant components.
- Notes on some plant components: The reactor pressure vessel; Piping; Valves; Containers.
- Resistance of plants to earthquakes.
- Resistance of plants to tornadoes.
- Resistance to external impacts.
- Nuclear safety criteria: General characteristics; The U.S. General design criteria; IAEA criteria; EUR criteria; Other sets of general design criteria.
- Nuclear safety research.
- Operating experience: Principal sources; Some notable events; The International Nuclear Event Scale.
- Underground location of nuclear power plants.
- Underground nuclear tests.
- Effects of nuclear explosions.
- Radioactive waste.
- Safety of fusion reactors.
- Safety of specific plants and of other activities.
- Nuclear plants on satellites.
- Erroneous beliefs in nuclear safety.
- When can we say that a particular plant is safe?
- The limits of nuclear safety: the residual risk.
- Appendices:
- Glossary.
- Web sites.
- Index.
