LEADER 03499oam 2200673I 450 001 9910786618503321 005 20170821160207.0 010 $a1-317-70023-6 010 $a1-315-77969-2 010 $a1-317-70024-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315779690 035 $a(CKB)3710000000186993 035 $a(EBL)1734244 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001262252 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11720476 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001262252 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11211898 035 $a(PQKB)10612537 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1734244 035 $a(OCoLC)886674606 035 $a(PPN)181718286 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000186993 100 $a20180706d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNuclear energy safety and international cooperation $eclosing the world's most dangerous reactors /$fSpencer Barrett Meredith, III 210 1$aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (165 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge Studies in Environmental Policy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-28236-7 311 $a1-138-01850-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aCover; 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; Index 330 $aTwenty-five years after the Chernobyl explosion, disaster struck once more after a tsunami overwhelmed the considerable safety measures at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. However, Fukushima had put in place a solid containment structure to reduce the spread of radiation in the event of a worst-case scenario; Chernobyl did not. These two incidents highlight the importance of such safety measures, which were critically lacking in an entire class of Soviet-designed reactors. This book examines why five countries operating these dangerous reactors first signed internat 410 0$aRoutledge studies in environmental policy. 606 $aNuclear power plants$zFormer Soviet republics$xSafety measures$vCase studies 606 $aNuclear power plants$zEurope, Eastern$xSafety measures$vCase studies 606 $aNuclear power plants$xSafety measures$xInternational cooperation 606 $aNuclear power plants$xSafety regulations 606 $aNuclear power plants$xDecommissioning$vCase studies 610 $aVVER$aRBMK 615 0$aNuclear power plants$xSafety measures 615 0$aNuclear power plants$xSafety measures 615 0$aNuclear power plants$xSafety measures$xInternational cooperation. 615 0$aNuclear power plants$xSafety regulations. 615 0$aNuclear power plants$xDecommissioning 676 $a363.1799526 700 $aMeredith$b Spencer Barrett$cIII.,$01580653 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786618503321 996 $aNuclear energy safety and international cooperation$93861731 997 $aUNINA