Published March 2015 | Version v1
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The reactor accident in Fukushima Daiichi. The consequence of design deficiencies and inadequate safety engineering

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Description

The reactor accident in Fukushima Daiichi is discussed in the frame of design deficiencies and inadequate safety engineering. The progress of the accident as consequence of the earthquake and the tsunami is described. The radiological situation for the public is supposed to be blow the dose limit of 20 mSv/year. The WHO and UNSCEAR (United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic radiation) did not observe acute radiation injuries. The Japanese authorities have classified the accident to 7 of the INES scale. The German Atomforum e.V. considers the safety engineering of German NPPs to be superior to the Japanese situation due to higher emergency energy supply, extensive measures to reduce the hydrogen accumulation and mitigating measures for the accident management. German NPPS are considered highly robust as the EU stress tests have shown.

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Original title (German)
Der Reaktorunfall in Fukushima Daiichi. Folge fehlerhafter Auslegung und unzureichender Sicherheitstechnik

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URL
https://kernd.de/;

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
16 p.

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
46041685
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DESIGN BASIS ACCIDENTS; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY PLANS; ENERGY SUPPLIES; EXCEPTIONAL NATURAL DISASTER; FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER STATION; INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR EVENT SCALE; JAPAN; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION HAZARDS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TSUNAMIS; UNSCEAR; WHO
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; ASIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DOSES; ENGINEERING; EUROPE; EVALUATION; GRAVITY WAVES; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NATURAL DISASTERS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR SITES; SEISMIC EVENTS; WATER WAVES; WESTERN EUROPE