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By
Gianni Petrangeli, Consultant to the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Association) and researcher for nuclear safety for the European Commission; member
of the Faculty Council for the Doctorate in Nuclear and Industrial Safety, University of Pisa, Italy
Description
Nuclear Safety
is a comprehensive reference for heath & safety and engineering professionals in the nuclear industry and
related bodies, including regulatory authorities, environmental and energy scientists, students, researchers and consultants.
It provides
the methods and data needed to evaluate and manage the safety of nuclear facilities and related processes using risk-based safety analysis,
and provides readers with the techniques to assess the consequences of radioactive releases.
The book covers relevant international
and regional safety criteria (US, IAEA, EUR, PUN, URD, INI). The contents deal with each of the critical components of a nuclear plant,
and provide an analysis of the risks arising from a variety of sources, including earthquakes, tornadoes, external impact and human factors.
It also deals with the safety of underground nuclear testing and the handling of radioactive waste.
– Covers all plant components and
potential sources of risk including human, technical and natural factors – Brings together information on nuclear safety for which the
reader would previously have to consult many different and expensive sources – Provides international design and safety criteria and
an overview of regulatory regimes – Includes case studies and analysis of major accidents with data and calculations on accompanying
website
Gianni Petrangeli has 40 years of experience in the nuclear industry. He was Director of the Departmental Area for Integrated
Systems and New Technologies of ANPA, the Italian Regulatory body responsible for nuclear and industrial safety. He is a consultant to
the United Nations Atomic Energy Agency and a researcher for nuclear safety for the European Commission. He lectures on Nuclear and Industrial
Safety at the University of Pisa.
Audience
Nuclear industry professionals within government, regulatory, client and contractor organisations: Nuclear safety engineers and assessors;
Environmental engineers and agencies; Engineering consultancy service companies; (prospective) licensed operators of nuclear power plants;
Regulators and public policy makers. Students in training academies for nuclear reactor operators. Undergraduate and postgraduate students
on Nuclear Engineering and Nuclear Safety courses.
Contents
Introduction.
Objectives of nuclear safety.
Short history of nuclear safety technology.
Inventory and localisation of radioactive products
in the plant.
Safety systems and their functions.
Classification of accidents and description of some examples: Classification; Design
basis accidents; Beyond design basis accidents.
Severe accidents.
Dispersion of radioactive releases.
Health consequences of releases.
The general approach to the safety of the plant and of the site.
Defence in depth.
Quality assurance.
Safety analysis: Deterministic
safety analysis; Probabilistic safety analysis.
Safety analysis review.
Classification of plant components.
Notes on some plant components:
The reactor pressure vessel; Piping; Valves; Containers.
Resistance of plants to earthquakes.
Resistance of plants to tornadoes.
Resistance
to external impacts.
Nuclear safety criteria: General characteristics; The U.S. General design criteria; IAEA criteria; EUR criteria;
Other sets of general design criteria.
Nuclear safety research.
Operating experience: Principal sources; Some notable events; The International
Nuclear Event Scale.
Underground location of nuclear power plants.
Underground nuclear tests.
Effects of nuclear explosions.
Radioactive
waste.
Safety of fusion reactors.
Safety of specific plants and of other activities.
Nuclear plants on satellites.
Erroneous beliefs
in nuclear safety.
When can we say that a particular plant is safe?
The limits of nuclear safety: the residual risk.
Appendices:
The
Chernobyl accident; Calculation of the accident pressure in a containment; Table of safety criteria; Dose calculations; Simplified thermal
analysis of an insufficiently refrigerated core; Excerpts from EUR Criteria; Notes of fracture mechanics; U.S. General design criteria;
IAEA Criteria; Primary depressurisation systems; Calculations on thermal-hydraulic transients of the primary system; Calculation programs
for the atmospheric dispersion of releases (DR1, DR2, DR1FUM, DR2FUM); Safety cage; Criteria for the Italian site chart; Safety documents;
List of contents and sample chapter of the Standard Review Plan; The Three Mile Island accident.
Glossary.
Web sites.
Index.
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 448 pages, publication date: MAY-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-6723-4
ISBN-10: 0-7506-6723-0
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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GBP 62.99
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