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The Jules Horowitz reactor: complementary safety evaluation in the light of the Fukushima 1 nuclear power station accident

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This report proposes a complementary safety evaluation of the Jules Horowitz reactor in Cadarache (INB 172), one of the French basic nuclear installations (BNI, in French INB) in the light of the Fukushima accident. This evaluation takes the following risks into account: risks of flooding, earthquake, loss of power supply and loss of cooling, in addition to operational management of accident situations. It presents the main characteristics of the installation, identifies the risks of a cliff effect and the main structures and equipment, evaluates the seismic risk (installation sizing, installation conformity, margin evaluation), evaluates the flooding risk (installation sizing, installation conformity, margin evaluation), briefly examines other extreme natural phenomena (extreme meteorological conditions related to flooding, earthquake or flooding with a higher level than that for which the installation is designed). It analyzes the risk of a loss of power supply and of cooling (loss of external and internal electric sources, loss of the ultimate cooling system). It analyzes the management of severe accidents: crisis management organization, available intervention means, robustness of available means. It discusses the conditions of the use of subcontractors

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Original title (French)
Reacteur Jules Horowitz evaluation complementaire de la surete au regard de l'accident servenu a la centrale nucleaire de Fukushima 1

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115 p.
Report number
INIS-FR--12-0065

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Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
43009385
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Descriptors DEI
ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT; AUDITS; CEA CADARACHE; CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY PLANS; ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS; EXCEPTIONAL NATURAL DISASTER; FIRE HAZARDS; FLOODS; FRANCE; JULES HOROWITZ REACTOR; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; OUTAGES; RADIATION PROTECTION; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS; REACTOR OPERATION; REACTOR SAFETY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY ANALYSIS; SAFETY REPORTS; SAFETY STANDARDS
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; CEA; COOLING SYSTEMS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EUROPE; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FRENCH ORGANIZATIONS; HAZARDS; IRRADIATION REACTORS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS TESTING REACTORS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NATURAL DISASTERS; OPERATION; PERSONNEL; POOL TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; SAFETY; SEISMIC EVENTS; STANDARDS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; WESTERN EUROPE

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Also available from the INIS Liaison Officer for France, see the 'INIS contacts' section of the INIS-NKM website for current contact and E-mail addresses: http://www.iaea.org//inis/Contacts/index.htm