The Risks of Nuclear Energy Technology Safety Concepts of Light Water Reactors /

• Main Authors: Kessler, Günter (Author), Veser, Anke (Author), Schlüter, Franz-Hermann (Author), Raskob, Wolfgang (Author), Landman, Claudia (Author), Päsler-Sauer, Jürgen (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Science Policy Reports,
• Subjects: Energy.; Nuclear energy.; Electric power production.; System safety.; Nuclear engineering.; Radiation protection.; Radiation > Safety measures.; Nuclear Energy.; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection.; Nuclear Engineering.; Energy Technology.; Security Science and Technology.

The book analyses the risks of nuclear power stations. The security concept of reactors is explained. Measures against the spread of radioactivity after a severe accident, accidents of core melting and a possible crash of an air plane on a reactor containment are discussed. The book covers three sci...

Table of Contents:

• From the Contents: Inherent safety characteristics of Pressurized Water- and Boiling Water Reactors (PWRs and BWR s)
• Safety design concepts of present and future PWRs and BWR s
• Radiation protection and emission of radioactivity during normal operation of PWRs and BWRs
• Accident and risk analysis as well as additional severe accident measures to be initiated after core cooling accidents
• Safety design concepts against external hazards, e. g. earthquakes, chemical explosions, flooding.