Safe enough? : a history of nuclear power and accident risk /

"Since the dawn of the Atomic Age, nuclear experts have labored to imagine the unimaginable and prevent it. They confronted a deceptively simple question: when is a reactor "safe enough" to adequately protect the public from catastrophe? Some experts sought a deceptively simple answer...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wellock, Thomas Raymond (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2021.
Temas:
Nuclear power plants > Risk assessment > United States > History.
Nuclear power plants > United States > Safety measures.
Centrales nucléaires > Évaluation du risque > États-Unis > Histoire.
Centrales nucléaires > Sécurité > Mesures > États-Unis.
HISTORY / United States / 21st Century
Nuclear power plants > Risk assessment
Nuclear power plants > Safety measures
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • When is a reactor safe? : the design basis accident
  • The design basis in crisis
  • Beyond the design basis : the reactor safety study
  • Putting a number on "safe enough"
  • Beyond design : toward risk-informed regulation
  • Risk assessment beyond the NRC
  • Risk-informed regulation and the Fukushima accident.

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