Results 21 to 30 of about 583,056 (308)

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
doaj   +1 more source

Children's brain injury : a postal follow-up of 525 children from one health region in the UK [PDF]

, 2002
Primary objectives: to follow-up a population of children admitted to one Hospital Trust with traumatic brain injury (TBI), and compare outcomes following mild TBI with outcomes following moderate or severe TBI.
Hawley, Carol, Long, Julie, Magnay, Andrew R., Ward, Anthony B.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Research on the Impact of Heating Conditions for Passive Air-Cooling System Wind Loading Performance Test

Energies
The wind loading test serves as a critical validation experiment for the Passive Air-Cooling System (PAS) ACP100. However, it remains unclear how the highly scaled-down experimental setup can accurately account for the influence of the steel shell wall ...
Hongliang Wang, Mingrui Yu, Yong Guo, Yu Feng, Wei Li, Qiang Guo, Yidan Yuan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fuzzy-technique-based expert elicitation on the occurrence probability of severe accident phenomena in nuclear power plants

Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2021
The objective of this study is to estimate the occurrence probabilities of severe accident phenomena based on a fuzzy elicitation technique. Normally, it is difficult to determine these probabilities due to the lack of information on severe accident ...
Young A Suh, Kiwon Song, Jaehyun Cho
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of Heat Transfer Performance Impact for Passive Containment Air-Cooling System Radiation Plates

Energies
In addition to convective heat transfer, radiation heat transfer constitutes a significant component of the thermal performance of Passive Containment Air-Cooling System (PAS). The installation of radiation plates within the PAS flow channel enhances the
Hongliang Wang, Yu Feng, Mingrui Yu, Yong Guo, Wei Li, Qiang Guo, Yidan Yuan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enhancement of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer in Water Using Sintered Copper Microporous Coatings

Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2016
Pool boiling heat transfer of water saturated at atmospheric pressure was investigated experimentally on Cu surfaces with high-temperature, thermally-conductive, microporous coatings (HTCMC).
Seongchul Jun, Jinsub Kim, Donggun Son, Hwan Yeol Kim, Seung M. You   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

High-Resolution Road Vehicle Collision Prediction for the City of Montreal

, 2019
Road accidents are an important issue of our modern societies, responsible for millions of deaths and injuries every year in the world. In Quebec only, in 2018, road accidents are responsible for 359 deaths and 33 thousands of injuries. In this paper, we
Glatard, Tristan, Guédon, Timothée, Hébert, Antoine, Jaumard, Brigitte   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Considerations in relation to off-site emergency procedures and response for nuclear accidents [PDF]

, 2017
The operation of nuclear facilities has, fortunately, not led to many accidents with off-site consequences. However, it is well-recognised that should a large release of radioactivity occur, the effects in the surrounding area and population will be ...
Arnold, Ashley, Astbury, Aumonier, Bosley, British Energy Generation Ltd, British Energy Generation Ltd, Charnock, Clarke, Dohrenwend, Farmer, Fullwood, G.J. Vaughan, Gering, Grimston, Haywood, Heffron, Hicks, ICRP, ICRP, International Chernobyl Project, Johnson, Jones, Kaldor, Medvedev, Ministry for Economy, Trade and Industry, Nathwani, Nathwani, National Research Council, National Research Council, OECD, P.J. Thomas, Pasquill, Ranghieri, S.F. Ashley, Steinhauser, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Till, UNSCEAR, UNSCEAR, UNSCEAR, UNSCEAR,, W.J. Nuttall, Waddington, Waddington, Waddington, Wakeford, Yabe, Yasumura, Yumashev   +59 more
core   +3 more sources

Numerical simulation on heat transfer in RPV lower head corium pools

He jishu, 2022
BackgroundIn-vessel Retention (IVR) refers to the prevention of pressure vessel melt-through failure by injecting cooling water into the gap between the pressure vessel and the heat insulation layer during a serious accident in a nuclear power plant ...
ZHU Guangyu, MIN Jinkun, JING Jianping, WANG Kunpeng, LIU Fudong   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving safety in Greek road tunnels [PDF]

, 2010
Tunnels are regarded as one of the most important infrastructures in Europe, as they may improve the connection of regions and aid economic development through facilitating the transportation of people and goods.
Kazaras, K., Kirytopoulos, K., Rentizelas, A., Tatsiopoulos, I.   +3 more
core   +1 more source