... Accession Number : ADD344507. Title : Accidents in Industrial Radiography and Lessons to be Learned; IAEA Safety Report,. Corporate Author : ...
DTIC Science & Technology
Examination of the lessons to be learned from the accident of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant on 20 March 1979 led the French Safety Authorities and EDF (Electricite de France) to adopt a series of measures intended to improve the performance of...
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... Descriptors : *ARMY OPERATIONS, VIETNAM, COUNTERINSURGENCY, MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, AVIATION ACCIDENTS, MILITARY ...
After some indications on the Chernobylsk power plant and the characteristics of the RBMK series, the scenario of the accident is developed. The immediate consequences and the control of the accident are commented before concluding on more general lessons...
... Descriptors : *NUCLEAR ENGINEERING, LESSONS LEARNED, SAFETY, SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS, ACCIDENTS. ...
The study deals with 97 turbulence-involved U. S. air carrier accidents occurring from 1964-1969. Based on the detailed investigation of those accidents, there is discussed lessons to be learned primarily from the point of view of the meteorologist, the a...
... § 71.73 Hypothetical accident conditions. (a) Test procedures...Evaluation for hypothetical accident conditions is to be based... Tests for hypothetical accident conditions must be conducted...been assumed for criticality analysis, immersion under a head...
Code of Federal Regulations, 2011
The Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) accident in March 1979 had a profound effect on the course of commercial nuclear generation in the United States and around the world. And while the central elements of the accident were matters of nuclear engineering, design and operations, its consequences were compounded, and in some respects superseded, by ...
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There is a recognized need to provide nuclear power plant technical staff with structured guidance for response to a potential severe accident condition involving core damage and potential release of fission products to the environment. Over the past ten years, many plants worldwide have implemented such guidance for their emergency technical support ...
on lessons learned in providing family assistance following transportation accidents in an international context. "Following a major aviation or passenger rail accident...
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System safety approaches are therefore necessary to help manage risk and prevent accidents in these complex systems. An essential element in preventing ...
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Mar 1, 2003 ... Dr. Smiley also has led the laboratory team that reviewed causes and lessons learned from the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl accidents. ...
... SR91-2: Browne, D. Biomedical lessons from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident. ... Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident ...
'adequately investigating the immediate and underlying causes of incidents and accidents to ensure that remedial action is taken, lessons are learnt and ...
...2010-10-01 false Reporting accidents. 195.50 Section 195.50...HAZARDOUS LIQUIDS BY PIPELINE Annual, Accident, and Safety-Related Condition Reporting § 195.50 Reporting accidents. An accident report is...
Code of Federal Regulations, 2010
Lessons learned from the Three Mile Island accident are described. The effectiveness of the General Public Utilities Corporation in the decontamination/support issues and restart of the three mile unit-1 reactor, is discussed.
... Accession Number : ADA235491. Title : Biomedical Lessons from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident. Corporate ...
This paper discusses an accident, which occurred in one of the radiation application centres in Iran, follow-up investigations as well as lessons learnt. In January 2004 the Regulatory Authority was informed through a university radiation protection officer of an accident regarding orphan sources. Investigations revealed that one Am-Be ...
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This work, the first by native Ukrainian scientists and specialists, views the Chernobyl nuclear accident from the perspective of risk assessment. It describes the accident, the shelter constructed to contain the destroyed reactor, the sites used for disposal and storage of radioactive waste, the environmental contamination, and the effects of the ...
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... from 1976 to 1981, examined the relationship between aviation accidents and static ... between certain visual conditions and aircraft accidents (19,20 ...
Appendix B.In-Flight Loss of Control Accidents in Part 121 and Scheduled ... The causal factors of accidents from the National Transportation Safety Board ...
Radioactive material packages containing fiberboard insulation have been subjected to Hypothetical Accident Condition (HAC) thermal tests for many years. Historically, the packages` thermal performance has always been difficult to grasp. A package designer needs to understand the effects of temperature and pyrolysis on the rate of heat transfer and ...
accident, we had to do a lot of additional analyses to reconfigure the spacecraft for an entirely new launch vehicle and orbital insertion. ...
A Five-step methodology has been developed to evaluate information needs for nuclear power plants under accident conditions and the availability of plant instrumentation during severe accidents. Step 1 examines the credible accidents and their relationships to plant safety functions. Step 2 determines the ...
The Atomic Energy Control Board of Canada examined its criteria for licensing nuclear power plants following the accident to the Chernobyl reactor in 1986. The causes of the accident were studied to ascertain whether they revealed any deficiencies in the ...
The world's worst radiation accident occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the USSR during the early hours of April 26, 1986. This accident unleashed megacuries of radioactive contamination into the atmosphere, generated an explosive blast that...
...fissile materials packagings to withstand accident conditions in transportation. 173...fissile materials packagings to withstand accident conditions in transportation. Each...CFR part 71 for ability to withstand accident conditions in...
This document provides the technical basis for the frequency of a tank bump and for the radiological and toxicological consequences of a tank boiling accident and associated hazardous conditions.
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The main phenomena leading to hydrogen generation in the containment of a PWR in accident conditions are described in this report. They are the following: water radiolysis, zirconium cladding oxidation and oxidation of the aluminium of internal structures...
Thirty years ago the world of Commercial Aviation provided a challenging environment. In my early flying days, aircraft accidents were not unusual, flying was seen as a risky business and those who took part, either as a provider or passenger, appeared grudgingly willing to accept the hazards involved. A reduction in the level of risk was sought in technological advances, ...
An analysis of the frequency of four different types of rotorcraft accidents was conducted to determine if the number of fatalities and injuries between accident conditions was different. Accidents involving rollover, no rollover, fire, and no fire were s...
...false Telephonic notice of certain accidents. 195.52 Section 195.52 ...HAZARDOUS LIQUIDS BY PIPELINE Annual, Accident, and Safety-Related Condition Reporting...52 Telephonic notice of certain accidents. (a) At the earliest...
Actions of medical radiation protection of liquidators of consequences of on Chernobyl atomic power station accident are analysed. It is shown, that during the early period of the accident medical protection of liquidators was provided by administration of radioprotectors, means of prophylaxis: of radioactive iodine incorporation and agent for preventing ...
Current space nuclear power reactor safety issues are discussed with respect to the unique characteristics of these reactors. An approach to achieving adequate safety and a perception of safety is outlined. This approach calls for a carefully conceived safety program which makes uses of lessons learned from previous terrestrial power reactor development programs. This approach ...
The Clinch River Breeder Reactor Plant (CRBRP) Project formed a Control Room Task Force to ensure that lessons learned from the Three Mile Island accident are incorporated into the design. The charter for the Control Room Task Force was to review plant operations from the control room. The focus was on the man-machine interface to ensure that the ...
This module, which may be used as the basis for a workshop or as a special topic unit in an adult basic education or English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) course, focuses on-the-job health and safety concerns and standards in the United States. The following items are included: module overview; list of basic, thinking, interpersonal, information utilization, and other skills addressed in the module; ...
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the Department of Energy's (DOE) Action Plan, Lessons Learned from the Columbia Space Shuttle Accident and Davis of the lessons derived from the Columbia Space Shuttle Accident and the Davis-Besse event . Several Learned from the Columbia Space Shuttle Accident and Davis-Besse Reactor Pressure ...
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Technical Basis Document for the Nuclear Criticality Representative Accident and Associate Represented Hazardous Conditions. Revision 2 of RPP-12371 provides accident consequence estimates for a hypothetical criticality event in an above grade facility (e...
The medical management of radiation accidents requires intensive planning and action. This article looks at the medical management of recent radiation accidents to derive principles for structuring and organizing the treatment of patients who may have radiation-induced health impairments. Although the radiation accidents in Tokai-mura, ...
... National Park Factors that can contribute to visitor accidents Not relevant ...
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... The identification of the true causes of hazardous failures and accidents of technical equipment is the necessary condition for developing and ...
Emergency preparedness at nuclear power plants in the US has been considerably enhanced since the Three Mile Island accident. The Chernobyl accident has provided valuable data that can be used to evaluate the merit of some of these enhancements and to determine the need for additional improvements. For example, the USSR intervention levels of 25 rem and 75 ...
Types of accidents and violations were compared for 1701 drivers with chronic medical conditions known to the California Department of Motor Vehicles and 921 drivers not known to have medical conditions. Drivers without medical conditions were found to be...
The author of this article discusses the world's most serious nuclear accident to date: the Chernobyl nuclear accident of April 1986. His major focus is on the short-term medical consequences of the accident, including reduction of exposure to persons at risk, evaluation of persons potentially affected, dosimetry, and specific medical ...
PubMed Central
A major benefit of a Quality Assurance system in a radiotherapy centre is that it reduces the likelihood of an accident. For over 20 years I have been the interface in the UK between the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine and the media � newspapers, radio and TV � and so I have learned about radiotherapy accidents from personal ...
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The systematics of the characteristics of twenty-one criticality accidents occurring in nuclear processing facilities of the Russian Federation, the United States, and the United Kingdom are examined. By systematics the authors mean the degree of consistency or agreement between the factual parameters reported for the accidents and the experimentally known ...
An overview of the analysis of core-disruptive accidents is given. These analyses are for the purpose of understanding and predicting fast reactor behavior in severe low probability accident conditions, to establish the consequences of such conditions and to provide a basis for evaluating consequence limiting ...
