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SEVERE ACCIDENT FACILITIES FOR EUROPEAN SAFETY TARGETS. THE SAFEST PROJECT
, 2015 Severe accident with core meltdown is a threat to the containment integrity. As Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents demonstrate, significant release of radioactive products into the environment can have severe consequences both for people's health and the ...
HOZER Zoltan +7 more
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MUSA Insights into Uncertainty Quantification in Severe Accident Analyses
Maturity of severe accident (SA) codes, progress in the computational methods, and computer infrastructures were considered a sound platform to conduct, for the first time in SA modelling, a systematic and broad application of Uncertainty and Sensitivity
S. Paci +6 more
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Global Trends and Advances in Traumatic Brain Injury
Brain Health, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a major global public health challenge, contributing substantially to morbidity and mortality while imposing a significant socioeconomic burden. In recent years, notable progress has been made in understanding TBI pathophysiology, classification, monitoring, and treatment.
Yuan Zhuang +3 more
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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Among the vertebrates, mammals are notable for the dominance of live birth and placental nutrition. The structural diversity of the mammalian placenta is remarkable, despite sharing a single common ancestor and conserved physiological functions.
Davis Laundon +5 more
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Scenario analysis of freight vehicle accident risks in Taiwan
, 2014 This study develops a quantitative risk model by utilizing Generalized Linear Interactive Model (GLIM) to analyze the major freight vehicle accidents in Taiwan.
Tsai, M.C., Su, C.C., 蔡明志
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How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen +15 more
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The 25th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Accident
The nuclear accident at the Chernobyl plant in 1986 is described and a summary of its immediate effects on people and the environment outlined. Then there is a summary of the important parts of the literature on diseases and deaths resulting from ...
Simmons, Phil
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A framework for the assessment of severe accident management strategies
, 1993 Severe accident management can be defined as the use of existing and/or altemative resources, systems and actors to prevent or mitigate a core-melt accident.
Dhir, V. K. +2 more
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Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini +13 more
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Accident Analysis in Research Reactors
The first Research Reactor reaches its criticality on 2nd December 1942. Nowadays, more than 300 research reactors are currently in operation. Over the past fifty years, research reactors have progressed through a variety of tasks.
Adorni, Martina
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