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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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Wellock, Thomas Raymond (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2021.
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Table des matières:
  • 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.