Safety of future reactors in France
Creators
- 1. Protection and Nuclear Safety Inst., CEA, CE/FAR, 92 -Fontenay-aux-Roses (France)
Description
This document describes current thinking within the Institute for Protection and Nulcear Safety (IPSN) regarding developments desirable from the viewpoint of safety in a new generation of nuclear power plants, the construction of which could begin in France at the end of the nineties. Significant improvements must be sought, particularly as regards the containment, including the core meltdown case. The operating organization, Electricite de France (EDF),, is now considering establishing the basis of a project of European dimension (European Pressurized water Reactor - EPR), in connection with German utilities and the Franco-German vendor Nuclear Power International (NPI); the first options important for safety are to be presented and discussed from September-1993. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Engineering and Design
- Journal Volume
- 144
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 237-245.
- ISSN
- 0029-5493
- CODEN
- NEDEAU
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 25044780
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Descriptors DEI
- AFTER-HEAT REMOVAL; CONTAINMENT; CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS; COORDINATED RESEARCH PROGRAMS; EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES; FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; FRANCE; MELTDOWN; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR SAFETY
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EUROPE; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; POWER REACTORS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTORS; REMOVAL; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SAFETY; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS