03499oam 2200673I 450 991078661850332120170821160207.01-317-70023-61-315-77969-21-317-70024-410.4324/9781315779690 (CKB)3710000000186993(EBL)1734244(SSID)ssj0001262252(PQKBManifestationID)11720476(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001262252(PQKBWorkID)11211898(PQKB)10612537(MiAaPQ)EBC1734244(OCoLC)886674606(PPN)181718286(EXLCZ)99371000000018699320180706d2015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNuclear energy safety and international cooperation closing the world's most dangerous reactors /Spencer Barrett Meredith, IIIMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2015.1 online resource (165 p.)Routledge Studies in Environmental PolicyDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-28236-7 1-138-01850-3 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Political rules and nuclear safety; 2 Ukraine's uneasy past and uncertain future; 3 Armenia at the crossroads; 4 Lithuania reluctant but resolved to obey; 5 Bulgaria, what a strange trip it has been; 6 Overcoming Slovakia's Meciar problem; 7 Delaying disaster; Appendix A: Map of Soviet-designed reactors; Appendix B: Reactor locations, statuses, and designs; Appendix C: Chernobyl Unit 4 after April 1986 disaster; IndexTwenty-five years after the Chernobyl explosion, disaster struck once more after a tsunami overwhelmed the considerable safety measures at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. However, Fukushima had put in place a solid containment structure to reduce the spread of radiation in the event of a worst-case scenario; Chernobyl did not. These two incidents highlight the importance of such safety measures, which were critically lacking in an entire class of Soviet-designed reactors. This book examines why five countries operating these dangerous reactors first signed internatRoutledge studies in environmental policy.Nuclear power plantsFormer Soviet republicsSafety measuresCase studiesNuclear power plantsEurope, EasternSafety measuresCase studiesNuclear power plantsSafety measuresInternational cooperationNuclear power plantsSafety regulationsNuclear power plantsDecommissioningCase studiesVVERRBMKNuclear power plantsSafety measuresNuclear power plantsSafety measuresNuclear power plantsSafety measuresInternational cooperation.Nuclear power plantsSafety regulations.Nuclear power plantsDecommissioning363.1799526Meredith Spencer BarrettIII.,1580653MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786618503321Nuclear energy safety and international cooperation3861731UNINA