Published 1988
| Version v1
Book
The Chernobyl accident and its implications for the United Kingdom
Creators
Description
This book describes the 1986 accident at Chernobyl to a USSR RBMK boiling water, graphite moderated pressure tube reactor and the sequence of events that led to what has been described as the worst accident in the world. It gives a description of the technical and operational steps that occurred during and after the accident. The release of radioactivity into the environment is covered, and the large scale post-accident measures in the USSR and Europe described in detail. The book examines the nuclear power industry in the UK
Availability note (English)
Elsevier Science Pub. Co. Inc., 52 Vanderbilt Ave., New York, NY 10017.Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science Pub. Co. Inc.
- Imprint Place
- New York, NY (USA)
- ISBN
- 1-85166-219-7
- Imprint Pagination
- 148 p.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 21039976
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S29: ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR; FAILURE MODE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; REACTOR OPERATION; TRANSIENT OVERPOWER ACCIDENTS; UNITED KINGDOM
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EUROPE; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; INDUSTRY; LWGR TYPE REACTORS; OPERATION; POWER REACTORS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTORS; SYSTEM FAILURE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS