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Nuclear safety /

The second edition of Nuclear Safety provides the most up to date methods and data needed to evaluate the safety of nuclear facilities and related processes using risk-informed safety analysis, and provides readers with new techniques to assess the consequences of radioactive releases. Gianni Petran...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Petrangeli, Gianni (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, �2020.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.