Nuclear Safety in Light Water Reactors

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-12-388446-6
Verlag: ACADEMIC PRESS

Buch, Englisch, 740 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1216 g

This vital reference is the only one-stop resource on how to assess, prevent, and manage severe nuclear accidents in the light water reactors (LWRs) that pose the most risk to the public. LWRs are the predominant nuclear reactor in use around the world today, and they will continue to be the most frequently utilized in the near future. Therefore, accurate determination of the safety issues associated with such reactors is central to a consideration of the risks and benefits of nuclear power. This book emphasizes the prevention and management of severe accidents to teach nuclear professionals how to mitigate potential risks to the public to the maximum extent possible.

Zielgruppe

Primary: Engineers in national safety authorities and supporting Technical Safety Organizations (TSOs); Engineers at nuclear plant utility companies; Plant Designers; Researchers in national laboratories and nuclear research institutes
Secondary: Students at Master and Ph.D. levels in Nuclear Engineering programs at universities and technical institutes worldwide

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sehgal, Bal Raj

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Kernphysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Planung und Betrieb von Kraftwerken
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Atomenergietechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technische Zuverlässigkeit, Sicherheitstechnik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft Kernenergieindustrie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I. LIGHT WATER REACTOR (LWR) SAFETY, A HISTORICAL REVIEW
II. IN-VESSEL CORE DEGRADATION
III. EARLY CONTAINMENT FAILURE
IV. LATE CONTAINMENT FAILURE
V. FISSION PRODUCT RELEASE AND TRANSPORT
VI. SEVERE ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT
VII. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF THE ACCIDENT
VIII. INTEGRAL CODES FOR SEVERE ACCIDENT ANALYSES
APPENDIX 1: Corium thermodynamics and thermophysics
APPENDIX 2: Severe accidents in CANDU (PHWR)

Über Autor(innen)

47 organizations from 24 countries (including Europe plus the USA, Canada, Korea, India, Japan) have come together to network their capacities of research in SARNET (Severe Accident Research NETwork of Excellence). Their aim is to resolve the most important remaining uncertainties and safety issues on severe accidents in existing and future water-cooled nuclear power plants. After a first project in the 6th Framework Programme (FP6) of the European Commission, the SARNET2 project, coordinated by the IRSN, started in April 2009 for 4 years in the FP7 frame. Joint research projects are performed by the partners through new experiments, physical modelling and model implementation in computer simulation codes. For dissemination of knowledge, the network organizes periodic education courses and it has gathered 45 authors to write this book, inclusive of approximately 30 years of research on the phenomenology of severe accidents.