LEADER 03938nam 22004095 450 001 9910688427403321 005 20210225050953.0 010 $a2-7598-1930-2 024 7 $a10.1051/978-2-7598-1930-0 035 $a(CKB)5400000000002699 035 $a(DE-B1597)573443 035 $a(DE-B1597)9782759819300 035 $a(EXLCZ)995400000000002699 100 $a20210225h20212015 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNuclear Power Reactor Core Melt Accidents $eCurrent State of Knowledge /$fAhmed Bentaïb, Hervé Bonneville, Gérard Cénérino 210 1$aLes Ulis : $cEDP Sciences, $d[2021] 210 4$d©2015 215 $a1 online resource (462 p.) 225 0 $aInstitut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tPreface -- $tList of abbreviations -- $tForeword -- $tSummary -- $tChapter 1 Introduction -- $tChapter 2 Design and Operation of a Pressurised Water Reactor -- $tChapter 3 Safety Principles for Pressurised Water Reactors in the French Nuclear Power Plant Fleet -- $tChapter 4 Safety Principles for France's Pressurised Water Reactors -- $tChapter 5 Development of the core melt accident -- $tChapter 6 Behaviour of Containment Buildings -- $tChapter 7 Lessons Learned from the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl Accidents and from the Phebus FP Research Programme -- $tChapter 8 Numerical Simulation of Core Melt Accidents -- $tChapter 9 Conclusion 330 $aFor over thirty years, IPSN and subsequently IRSN has played a major international role in the fi eld of nuclear power reactor core melt accidents through the undertaking of important experimental programmes (the most signifi cant being the Phébus- FP programme), the development of validated simulation tools (the ASTEC code that is today the leading European tool for modelling severe accidents), and the coordination of the SARNET (Severe Accident Research NETwork) international network of excellence. These accidents are described as «severe accidents» because they can lead to radioactive releases outside the plant concerned, with serious consequences for the general public and for the environment. This book compiles the sum of the knowledge acquired on this subject and summarises the lessons that have been learnt from severe accidents around the world for the prevention and reduction of the consequences of such accidents, without addressing those from the Fukushima accident, where knowledge of events is still evolving. The knowledge accumulated by the Institute on these subjects enabled it to play an active role in informing public authorities, the media and the public when this accident occurred, and continues to do so to this day. The Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) is a public body undertaking research and consultancy activities in the field of nuclear safety and radiation protection. It provides the public authorities with technical support. It also carries out various public service missions entrusted to it under national regulations. In particular, these include radiological monitoring of French territory and of workers, management of emergency situations, and provision of information to the public. IRSN expertise is available to partners and customers both in France and abroad. 606 $aSCIENCE / Physics / Nuclear$2bisacsh 615 7$aSCIENCE / Physics / Nuclear. 700 $aBentaïb$b Ahmed, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01076606 702 $aBonneville$b Hervé, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aCénérino$b Gérard , $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910688427403321 996 $aNuclear Power Reactor Core Melt Accidents$92813996 997 $aUNINA