Nuclear Energy Safety and International Cooperation : Closing the World's Most Dangerous Reactors.

Twenty-five years after the Chernobyl explosion, disaster struck once more after a tsunami overwhelmed the considerable safety measures at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. However, Fukushima had put in place a solid containment structure to reduce the spread of radiation in the event of a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Meredith, III, Spencer Barrett
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Series:Routledge studies in environmental policy.
Subjects:
Nuclear power plants > Former Soviet republics > Safety measures > Case studies.
Nuclear power plants > Europe, Eastern > Safety measures > Case studies.
Nuclear power plants > Safety measures > International cooperation.
Nuclear power plants > Safety regulations.
Nuclear power plants > Decommissioning > Case studies.
Centrales nucléaires > Sécurité > Mesures > Ex-URSS > Études de cas.
Centrales nucléaires > Sécurité > Mesures > Europe de l'Est > Études de cas.
Centrales nucléaires > Sécurité > Mesures > Coopération internationale.
Centrales nucléaires > Sécurité > Règlements.
Centrales nucléaires > Déclassement > Études de cas.
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear power plants > Decommissioning
Nuclear power plants > Safety measures
Nuclear power plants > Safety measures > International cooperation
Eastern Europe
Soviet Union > Former Soviet republics
Case studies
Safety regulations
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Political rules and nuclear safety; 2 Ukraine's uneasy past and uncertain future; 3 Armenia at the crossroads; 4 Lithuania reluctant but resolved to obey; 5 Bulgaria, what a strange trip it has been; 6 Overcoming Slovakia's Meciar problem; 7 Delaying disaster; Appendix A: Map of Soviet-designed reactors; Appendix B: Reactor locations, statuses, and designs; Appendix C: Chernobyl Unit 4 after April 1986 disaster; Index.

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