Reactor accidents.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: NOV 1982Description: 9p., 2 refs, 1 fig., 4 tablesReport number: AAEC-REGBUR-R/1/82Subject: Over 30 years' practical experience in operating nuclear reactors has now accrued and several accidents have occurred during this period. None of these accidents has caused serious harm to the public and there is no evidence that any member of the public has ever been killed. In spite of this good safety record, theoretical considerations show that accidents more serious than any that have so far occurred are credible and that it is prudent to have emergency response plans capable of reducing the number of potential casualties. A thorough analysis of hypothetical reactor accidents is a major technical undertaking involving multi-disciplinary teams of physicists, engineers, metallurgists and chemists with adequate computing support. In this briefing paper an attempt is made to highlight the main issues which influence, or need to be considered in these analyses, drawing together some of the major conclusions. A brief review of major reactor accidents is also included for comparison
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Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 363.1799 CRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 005285714 |
Paper presented at Course 910, Australian Counter Disaster College, November 1982
Over 30 years' practical experience in operating nuclear reactors has now accrued and several accidents have occurred during this period. None of these accidents has caused serious harm to the public and there is no evidence that any member of the public has ever been killed. In spite of this good safety record, theoretical considerations show that accidents more serious than any that have so far occurred are credible and that it is prudent to have emergency response plans capable of reducing the number of potential casualties. A thorough analysis of hypothetical reactor accidents is a major technical undertaking involving multi-disciplinary teams of physicists, engineers, metallurgists and chemists with adequate computing support. In this briefing paper an attempt is made to highlight the main issues which influence, or need to be considered in these analyses, drawing together some of the major conclusions. A brief review of major reactor accidents is also included for comparison
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