Lessons learned from the Fukushima nuclear accident for improving safety and security of U.S. nuclear plants. Phase 2

Lessons learned from the Fukushima nuclear accident for improving safety and security of U.S. nuclear plants Phase 2 Phase 2 /

"The U.S. Congress asked the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a technical study on lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident for improving safety and security of commercial nuclear power plants in the United States. This study was carried out in two phases: Phase 1, iss...

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Main Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). (author)
Corporate Authors: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants, author (author), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants, issuing body (issuing body)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press 2016.
Subjects:
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011.
Nuclear power plants > Security measures.
Nuclear reactor accidents > Japan.
Nuclear power plants > Safety measures > Risk assessment.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident: lessons learned for spent fuel storage
  • Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear accident: lessons learned for nuclear plant security
  • Reevaluation of findings and recommendations from previous NAS reports
  • Security risk assessment
  • Loss-of-coolant events in spent fuel pools
  • Expedited transfer of spent fuel from pools to dry casks
  • References
  • Appendix A: Committee and staff biographies
  • Appendix B: Presentations
  • Appendix C: Conversions and units
  • Appendix D: Acronyms.

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