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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Petrangeli, Gianni (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, [2020]
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Nuclear power plants > Safety measures.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Inventory and localization of radioactive products in the plant
  • Safety systems and their functions
  • The classification of accidents and a discussion of some examples
  • Severe accidents
  • The dispersion of radioactivity releases
  • Health consequences of releases
  • The general approach to the safety of the plant-site complex
  • Defence in depth
  • Quality assurance
  • Safety analysis
  • Safety analysis review
  • Classification of plant components
  • Notes on some plant components
  • Earthquake resistance
  • Tornado resistance
  • Resistance to external impact
  • Nuclear safety criteria
  • Nuclear safety research
  • Operating experience
  • Underground location of nuclear power plants
  • The effects of nuclear explosions
  • Radioactive waste
  • Fusion safety
  • Safety of specific plants and of other activities
  • Nuclear facilities on satellites
  • Erroneous beliefs about nuclear safety
  • When can we say that a particular plant is safe?
  • The limits of nuclear safety : the residual risk. With appendices.