• Title of article

    TheEPRoverallapproachforsevereaccidentmitigationOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    FrançoisBouteille، نويسنده , , GaroAzarian، نويسنده , , DietmarBittermann، نويسنده , , JoergBrauns، نويسنده , , JuergenEyink، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
  • Pages
    7
  • From page
    1464
  • To page
    1470
  • Abstract
    TheEPRdesignincludesprovisionstocopewithsevereaccidentsincludingcoremeltsituations: - Situationsthatwouldleadtolargeearlyreleasessuchascontainmentbypass,highreactivityaccidents,high-pressurecoremeltorglobalhydrogendetonationhavetobeprevented. - Allothersituations,includinglowpressurecoremelthavetobemitigatedinsuchawaythatthecorrespondingradiologicalconsequenceswouldnecessitateonlyverylimitedprotectivecountermeasuresinarelativelysmallareaandforalimitedtimeforthepopulationlivingintheneighborhoodofthepowerplant.Thismeansthattherewouldbenoneedforpermanentrelocation,noneedforevacuationoutsidetheimmediatevicinityoftheplant,limitedshelteringandnolong-termrestrictionsinfoodconsumption. Toreachthisobjective,whichisoneoftheSafetyAuthorityʹsrequirements,theEPRreliesonaveryrobustcontainmentandonvariousdesignmeasuresintendedtowithstandextremeloadscausedbyalargerangeofinternaleventsandexternalhazards.ThedeterministicmethodisusedfortheEPRsafetydemonstration,supplementedbyprobabilisticmethodsandappropriateR&Dwork. Thispaperoutlinesthemajormitigatingdesignfeatures,summarizestheresultsoftheLevel2PSAandgivesthemainresultsoftheevaluationoftheradiologicalconsequencesofcoremeltontheenvironment.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2006
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    896096

    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=10&DC=896096