Published June 2013 | Version v1
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Advances in safety countermeasures at Tomari NPP of Hokkaido Electric Power on the basis of Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident

  • 1. Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc., Sapporo, Hokkaido (Japan)

Description

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant unit 1-4 lost all AC power supply and reactor cooling system by huge Tsunami following large earthquake in the Tohoku district on 11 March 2011. Therefor nuclear reactor could not be cooled down for a long term and nuclear fuel was damaged, hydrogen explosion occurred in reactor building at unit 1 and 3. As a result, large quantities of radioactive material were discharged outside. In this paper, we introduce advances in safety countermeasures at Tomari Nuclear Power Plant of Hokkaido Electric Power on the basis of Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident. (author)

Part of:
The 18th national symposium on power and energy systems (SPES 2013)

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Publishing Information

Imprint Title
The 18th national symposium on power and energy systems (SPES 2013)
Imprint Pagination
472 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 413-414

Conference

Title
18. national symposium on power and energy systems
Acronym
SPES 2013
Dates
20-21 Jun 2013
Place
Chiba (Japan)

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Notes
2 figs.; This record replaces 47005129