Nuclear Power Reactor Safety (Book Review)
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- Safety upgrades. // International Power Generation;Sep97, Vol. 20 Issue 5, p65
Discusses the safety upgrades of VVER-440/213 nuclear reactors in Central Europe. Positive design choices for the reactors; Impairment of defense-in-depth; Accident prevention measures.
- When a reactor blows. Patel, Tara // New Scientist;12/12/92, Vol. 136 Issue 1851, p22
Focuses on unique tests planned for the Phebus experimental reactor near Marseilles, France, that will undergo a core meltdown six times over the next six years. Information about what goes on inside a nuclear reactor during a serious accident; Simulation program called Phebus PF; Ways a...
- Computer `expert' spots potential nuclear-reactor problems. Machlis, Sharon // Design News;8/16/93, Vol. 49 Issue 16, p14
Reports on the SPRT (sequential probability radio test) computerized surveillance system for nuclear reactors developed by Argonne National Laboratories. Features; Contact information.
- EC awards ten nuclear safety contracts. // Modern Power Systems;Oct93, Vol. 13 Issue 10, p5
Reports on the European Community (EC) commission's awarding of contracts to several companies for a detailed examination of the safety of nuclear reactors in the former Soviet Union. Total value of the contracts; Franco-German consortium Framatome; French utility EDF; Siemens-KWU; Financing of...
- Reactor row. // New Scientist;8/10/91, Vol. 131 Issue 1781, p16
Reports that nuclear reactor Yankee Rowe plant in Rowe, Massachusetts is likely to continue operating, despite concern that its pressure vessel might be brittle. Need for the plant to report on ways to enhance safety margins and assess the condition of the pressure vessel.
- Making nuclear power safe. Louviere, James P. // Science Teacher;Sep94, Vol. 61 Issue 6, p75
Focuses on the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) at Argonne National Laboratory-West. Author's research on ways of communicating the concept of nuclear power's relative risk; IFR's use of metal fuel rods rather than ceramic fuel pellets; Use of sodium as a coolant; Absence of degradation of the...
- Nuclear safety convention comes into force in October. // Journal of Medicine & Philosophy;Sep96, p3
Reports that a convention focused on the safety of nuclear reactors agreed under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency will come into force in October 1996 after ratification by the minimum number of states.
- Maintenance Standards. // Nuclear Plant Journal;May/Jun2003, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p7
Reports on discussion about maintenance standards undertaken by the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Subcommittee's Working Committee on Nuclear Reactor Safety. References to the 2000 standards outlined by the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) and a report by the Nuclear and Industrial...
- Nuclear safety must be first priority. Markey, Edward // Hill;4/14/2011, Vol. 18 Issue 52, p25
The article reports on the need for the federal government to prioritize nuclear safety in the U.S.
