Published October 1983 | Version v1
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Revising the source term: a status update

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The status of realistic risk assessment of severe nuclear power plant accidents with respect to quantifying the composite source term is discussed. Sections of the article include: fission product release - how it happens, factors influencing release, domestic and international reactor safety experimental studies, and source term - what it means

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Journal Title
Nucl. News (La Grange Park, Ill.)
Journal Volume
26
Journal Issue
13
Series
Nucl. News (La Grange Park, Ill.).
Journal Page Range
49-55
ISSN
0029-5574
CODEN
NUNWA

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
17044864
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Descriptors DEI
AEROSOLS; ANL; COMPUTER CODES; CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS; EPRI; FISSION PRODUCT RELEASE; FISSION PRODUCTS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULICS; LOFT REACTOR; LOSS OF COOLANT; MELTDOWN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; ORNL; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIOACTIVITY TRANSPORT; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR CORE DISRUPTION; REACTOR SAFETY; REACTOR SAFETY EXPERIMENTS; REGULATIONS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREAT REACTOR; US NRC
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ACCIDENTS; AIR COOLED REACTORS; COLLOIDS; CONTAINMENT; DISPERSIONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; GAS COOLED REACTORS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS; ISOTOPES; LAW; MATERIALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; POWER REACTORS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; SAFETY; SOLID HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS; SOLS; TANK TYPE REACTORS; TEST FACILITIES; TEST REACTORS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; THERMAL REACTORS; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS