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SEVERE ACCIDENT ISSUES RAISED BY THE FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENT AND IMPROVEMENTS SUGGESTED
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2014 This paper revisits the Fukushima accident to draw lessons in the aspect of nuclear safety considering the fact that the Fukushima accident resulted in core damage for three nuclear power plants simultaneously and that there is a high possibility of a ...
JIN HO SONG, TAE WOON KIM
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Prediction of severe accident occurrence time using support vector machines
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2015 If a transient occurs in a nuclear power plant (NPP), operators will try to protect the NPP by estimating the kind of abnormality and mitigating it based on recommended procedures.
Seung Geun Kim +2 more
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Perspectives on a Severe Accident Consequences—10 Years after the Fukushima Accident
Journal of Nuclear Engineering, 2021 Scientific issues that draw international attention from the public and experts during the last 10 years after the Fukushima accident are discussed. An assessment of current severe accident analysis methodology, impact on the views of nuclear reactor ...
Jinho Song
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Review of Severe Accident Phenomena in LWR and Related Severe Accident Analysis Codes
Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, 2013 Firstly, importance of severe accident provision is highlighted in view of Fukushima Daiichi accident. Then, extensive review of the past researches on severe accident phenomena in LWR is presented within this study. Various complexes, physicochemical and radiological phenomena take place during various stages of the severe accidents of Light Water ...
Muhammad Hashim
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Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2022 Cs-bearing microparticles, released during the accident of Fukushima Daiichi, are a significant concern for health and environment due to their abundance over wide areas, associated with a low solubility.
Hugo Laffolley +4 more
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International Journal of Advanced Nuclear Reactor Design and Technology, 2023 Ex-vessel melt Retention (EVR) is one of the important countermeasures to address the issue of basement melt penetration in the course of a hypothetical severe accident in a nuclear power plant.
Nan Li +5 more
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Temporary jobs and the severity of workplace accidents [PDF]
Journal of Safety Research, 2016 From the point of view of workplace safety, it is important to know whether having a temporary job has an effect on the severity of workplace accidents. We present an empirical analysis on the severity of workplace accidents by type of contract.We used microdata collected by the Italian national institute managing the mandatory insurance against work ...
Picchio, Matteo, van Ours, Jan C.
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Applied Sciences, 2023 Steam condensation plays an important role in various engineering processes due to its excellent heat transfer performance. However, condensation in the presence of noncondensable gas has attracted great attention in recent years since noncondensable gas
He Li +5 more
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MELCOR steady state calculation of the generic PWR of 40MWth
Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences, 2021 After the two most significant nuclear accidents in history – the Chernobyl Reactor Four explosion in Ukraine (1986) and the Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan (2011) –, the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) included a new chapter (19) dedicated to ...
Maritza Rodríguez Gual +2 more
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International Journal on Cybernetics & Informatics, 2023 Road accidents have significant economic and societal costs, with a small number of severe accidents accounting for a large portion of these costs. Predicting accident severity can help in the proactive approach to road safety by identifying potential unsafe road conditions and taking well-informed actions to reduce the number of severe accidents. This
Adekunle Adefabi +5 more
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