Published 1992
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Journal article
The safety design of next-generation reactors
Description
The next generation of advanced light water reactors (ALWRs) is being developed in a joint program involving the utilities, both domestic and international, the Electric Power Research Institute, the US Department of Energy (DOE), and the reactor manufacturers. Goals have been set for the safety design of these systems, which exceed the safety performance of today's reactors and exceed the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's safety goals. This paper summarizes: (1) design goals for core damage frequencies and dose limits; (2) technical principles for guiding designs; (3) design features for minimizing accident-initiating events; and (4) human factor considerations in designs
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
- Journal Volume
- 66
- Journal Page Range
- p. 302-303.
- ISSN
- 0003-018X
- CODEN
- TANSAO
Conference
- Title
- past, present, and future.
- Acronym
- Joint American Nuclear Society (ANS)/European Nuclear Society (ENS) international meeting on fifty years of controlled nuclear chain reaction
- Dates
- 15-20 Nov 1992.
- Place
- Chicago, IL (United States).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 24050713
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BWR TYPE REACTORS; DESIGN; EPRI; HUMAN FACTORS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR SAFETY; RELIABILITY; SAFETY STANDARDS; US DOE; WATER COOLED REACTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; POWER REACTORS; REACTORS; SAFETY; STANDARDS; THERMAL REACTORS; US ORGANIZATIONS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-921102--.