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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
2021.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.