Nuclear energy safety and international cooperation : closing the world's most dangerous reactors / / Spencer Barrett Meredith, III
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| Autore: |
Meredith Spencer Barrett, III.
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| Titolo: |
Nuclear energy safety and international cooperation : closing the world's most dangerous reactors / / Spencer Barrett Meredith, III
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| Pubblicazione: | Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (165 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.1799526 |
| Soggetto topico: | Nuclear power plants - Former Soviet republics - Safety measures |
| Nuclear power plants - Europe, Eastern - Safety measures | |
| Nuclear power plants - Safety measures - International cooperation | |
| Nuclear power plants - Safety regulations | |
| Nuclear power plants - Decommissioning | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | VVER - RBMK |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Twenty-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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Nuclear energy safety and international cooperation |
| ISBN: | 1-317-70023-6 |
| 1-315-77969-2 | |
| 1-317-70024-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910800168403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Routledge studies in environmental policy.