Analysis of severe accidents in pressurized heavy-water reactors.

This report instructs the reader on how to perform deterministic analysis of severe accidents in pressurized heavy water reactors (PHWRs) by means of available computer codes. The analysis of accident phenomena should assist in the development of practicable preventive or mitigatory measures. In add...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	International Atomic Energy Agency
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Vienna : International Atomic Energy Agency, 2008.
Series:	IAEA-TECDOC ; 1594.
Subjects:	Heavy water reactors > Accidents. Pressurized water reactors > Accidents. Nuclear power plants > Accidents. Nuclear reactor accidents.
Online Access:	Connect to online resource

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Design characteristics of PHWRs
Important phenomena to consider for severe accidents
Basic steps in performing analysis of severe accidents
Failure criteria and their effects
Uses of severe accident analysis and basic approaches
PHWR accident management
Summary and conclusions.