Safety Improvements through Lessons Learned from Operational Experience in Nuclear Research Facilities

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lambert, Francis (Editor), Volkov, Yuri (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: NATO Security Through Science Series ; 4
• Subjects: Engineering.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Facility management.; Nuclear engineering.; Radiation protection.; Radiation > Safety measures.; Pollution prevention.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Facility Management.; Nuclear Engineering.; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection.; Industrial Pollution Prevention.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.

For operators of nuclear research facilities, it is of particular importance to investigate minor incidents: indeed, as safety demonstrations are generally based on the presence of several independent "lines of defence", only through attentive investigation of every occurrence, usually min...