Japan Atomic Energy Research lnstitute has been making experiments on the loss of coolant accident in water-cooled reactor, maximum credible accident. The experiment are called ROSA program ''. Sumitomo Shipbuilding & Machinery Co., Ltd. designed and constructed facilities for ...

By the use of an American statistic of accidents on roads the risk of body burden is estimated resulting from the transport of radioactive wastes to the central collection, conditioning and storage facilities in Seibersdorf. It is shown that the risk of t...

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The consequences of accidents in specific facilities at the Research Establishment are examined in terms of possible exposure of persons living around Lucas Heights to release airborne radioactive and toxic materials. In the case of radioactive materials,...

This paper provides an overview of recent results derived from the accident history data collected under 112(r) of the Clean Air Act Amendments (the Risk Management Program (RMP) Rule) covering the period 1994-2000, together with a preliminary assessment of the effectiveness of the RMP Rule as a form of Management System Regulation. These were undertaken at the University of ...

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This paper describes a multilaboratory research program that is directed toward addressing many questions that analysts face when performing air cleaning accident consequence assessments. The program involves developing analytical tools and supportive experimental data that will be useful in making more realistic assessments of ...

Partial Contents: Part 1: Bicycles and Bicycle Facilities--Bicycle Interaction Hazard Score: A Theoretical Model; Environmental and Travel Preferences of Cyclists; Bicycle Accidents in Maine: An Analysis; Part 2: Pedestrians and Pedestrian Facilities--Ped...

... requirements for this facility include: penetration ... Descriptors : *UNDERGROUND FACILITIES, *ACCIDENTS, *UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES ...

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Plutonium Facility conducts numerous involving plutonium to include device fabrication, development of fabrication techniques, metallurgy research, and laser isotope separation. A Safety Analysis Report (SAR) for the building 332 Plutonium Facility was completed rational safety and ...

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This paper presents results from a Los Alamos National Laboratory Engineering and Safety Analysis Group assessment of the worse-case design-basis accident associated with the Clinton P. Anderson Meson Physics Facility (LAMPF)/Weapons Neutron Research (WNR...

The reactor planned by UCNC is a pool-type research reactor to be located in Sterling Forest, near Tuxedo Park, New York. Operation will be at thermal power levels up to 5 Mw with a corresponding average thermal neutron flux of 3.3 x 10/sup 13/ n/cm/sup 2/sec. MTRtype fuel elements are used and are arranged on a grid supported by a bridge spanning a two-section pool. ...

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... Title : General Aviation Night Fatal Accidents. ... Research determined that there is a significantly disproportionate number of night fatal accidents. ...

The Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) for the Transuranic-Contaminated Solid-Waste Treatment Facility has been prepared in compliance with the Department of Energy (DOE) Manual Chapter 0531, Safety of Nonreactor Nuclear Facilities. The Treatment Development Facility (TDF) at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory is a ...

The Reactor Safety Research Program of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission includes a series of transient experiments in the Power Burst Facility (PBF) to investigate the fuel failure modes and consequences of postulated Reactivity Initiated Accidents (RIA)...

transportation systems such as the Space Shuttle, operational research facilities in space to the broadest extent possible. TTHHEEMMEESS International Space Station Space Shuttle Space and Flight Support Shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003. The independent Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB

Major issues associated with the use of nuclear power are health hazards of exposure to radioactive materials; sources of radiation exposure; reactor accidents; sabotage of nuclear facilities; diversion of fissile material and its use for extortion; and t...

At the Institute of Energy Conversion (IEC), University of Delaware, a hydrogen explosion occurred an September 1, 1992. A formal investigation was conducted. Suggestions provided by the Accident Investigation Team formed the basis for a complete review a...

One of the most important uses of dose assessment models in response to accidents at nuclear facilities is to help provide guidance to emergency response managers for identifying, and mitigating, the consequences of an accident once the accident has been ...

This document provides the toxicological dose caculations related to the toxic chemical releases from spill accidents at T Plant Facility.

This document provides the toxicological dose caculations related to the toxic chemical releases from spill accidents at T Plant Facility.

This paper presents results from a Los Alamos National Laboratory Engineering and Safety Analysis Group assessment of the worse-case design-basis accident associated with the Clinton P. Anderson Meson Physics Facility (LAMPF)/Weapons Neutron Research (WNR) Facility. The primary goal of the analysis was to quantify ...

This paper presents results from a Los Alamos National Laboratory Engineering and Safety Analysis Group assessment of the worse-case design-basis accident associated with the Clinton P. Anderson Meson Physics Facility (LAMPF)/Weapons Neutron Research (WNR) Facility. The primary goal of the analysis was to quantify ...

The 7 papers in the report deal with the following areas: Promotional issues related to accident investigation sites in urban-freeway corridors; Location, design, and operation of accident-investigation sites in urban-freeway corridors; Operational and safety experience with freeway HOV facilities in California; Interstate 394 and the ...

Experimental results from six recent Power Burst Facility (PBF) reactivity initiated accident (RIA) tests are compared with data from previous Special Power Excursion Reactor Test (SPERT), and Japanese Nuclear Safety Research Reactor (NSRR) tests. The RIA...

In recent years, the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center of the University of Pennsylvania has worked under a cooperative agreement with EPA to carry out a program of basic and applied research into chemical facility risk management. Thi...

The technical feasibility of conducting fast reactor meltdown experiments to determine a more realistic maximum accident and to provide a better evaluation of fast reactor safety was investigated. One- and two-facility approaches are discussed. Topics covered include: design and operational aspects of facility, interpretation ...

This article reports on the data collected on one of the most ambitious government-sponsored environmental data acquisition projects of all time, the Risk Management Plan (RMP) data collected under section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. This RMP Rule 112(r) was triggered by the Bhopal accident in 1984 and led to the requirement that each qualifying ...

With careful organization and training of both plant and community health facilities the confusion of radiation accidents can be significantly decreased. Rational approaches to potential radiation accidents are described and discussed. (C.H.)

ORNL's Advanced Neutron Source (ANS) will be a new user facility for all kinds of neutron research, centered around a research reactor of unprecedented neutron beam flux. A defense-in-depth philosophy has been adopted. In response to this commitment, ANS Project management has initiated severe accident ...

ORNL`s Advanced Neutron Source (ANS) will be a new user facility for all kinds of neutron research, centered around a research reactor of unprecedented neutron beam flux. A defense-in-depth philosophy has been adopted. In response to this commitment, ANS Project management has initiated severe accident analysis and ...

The design and safeguards of the Ames Laboratory Research Reactor and its associated facilities are reviewed. The causes and consequences of serious accidents are considered. It was found that the maximum credible accident for the ALRR is a quite melt-down of the aluminum core, which results from loss of ...

At the Institute of Energy Conversion (IEC), University of Delaware, a hydrogen explosion occurred an September 1, 1992. A formal investigation was conducted. Suggestions provided by the Accident Investigation Team formed the basis for a complete review and upgrade of the compressed gas handling systems and procedures. In this paper, the causes of the explosion are discussed ...

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Plutonium Facility conducts numerous programmatic activities involving plutonium to include device fabrication, development of improved and/or unique fabrication techniques, metallurgy research, and laser isotope separation. A Safety Analysis Report (SAR) for the building 332 Plutonium ...

Information was collected on research being conducted in Great Britain on emergency planning for technological and natural hazards. Several recent accidents in England have raised questions about the level of preparedness. In addition, the Seveso directive on emergency planning for chemical facilities is being implemented. Overall ...

The Waste Receiving and Processing Facility Module 1 Auditable Safety Analysis analyzes postulated accidents and determines controls to prevent the accidents or mitigate the consequences.

The authors analyzed the evolution of institutional and facility response to groups of abnormal incidents at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The analysis is divided into three stages: (1) the LANL response to severe accidents from 1994 to 1996, (2) the LANL response to facility-specific clusters of low-consequence incidents from ...

Accidents and potential accidents involving plutonium in processing facilities and accidents are briefly reviewed. Data available regarding plutonium aerosol released are used to access the release of plutonium aerosols in potentially serious accidents, and conclusions drawn regarding adequacy ...

... Abstract : This report is the result of three years of research on the subject of recreational boat collision accident reconstruction. ...

Two large-scale test facilities with capabilities for a wide range of safety related testing are described. These facilities, situated at Stern Labs. Inc. are being used to provide experimental data for demonstration and safety code verification of the characteristics of flashing water jets in fission reactor containments. The ...

After the Chernobyl accident, a National Emergency Plan of protective measures for radiological emergencies has been set up in Italy to cope with nuclear risks which require actions at national level. Since the Italian nuclear power plants are, at present, not operational, the most relevant nuclear risk source identified in the National Emergency Plan is related to an ...

Neutron dose measurement and evaluation techniques in criticality accident conditions using a thermo luminescence dosemeter (TLD) was studied at the Transient Experiment Critical Facility (TRACY) of Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI). In the present approach, the absorbed dose is derived from the ambient dose equivalent ...

Accidents and potential accidents involving plutonium in processing facilities and accidents are briefly reviewed. Data available regarding plutonium aerosol released are used to access the release of plutonium aerosols in potentially serious accidents, a...

Consistent methodology should be adopted in accident analyses sections of SARs. These accident sections should describe both consequence and risk from potential accidents that could occur in a facility being assessed. These analyses should consider three ...

The Accident Analysis in the Safety Analysis Report (SAR) for the Savannah River Site (SRS) Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) has recently undergone an upgrade. Non-reactor SARs at SRS (and other Department of Energy (DOE) sites) use probabilistic techniques to assess the frequency of accidents at their ...

The use of tritium control technology in near-term research facilities has been studied for both the magnetic and inertial confinement fusion programs. This study focused on routine generation of tritium wastes and effluents, with little referene to accidents or facility decommissioning. This report serves as an ...

Laser Safety at high profile laser facilities tends to be more controlled than in the standard laser lab found at a research institution. The reason for this is the potential consequences for such facilities from incidents. This ranges from construction accidents, to equipment damage to personnel injuries. No laser ...

A Criticality Alarm System is normally designed to detect immediately the minimum accident of concern. This report covers the methodology to establish a different minimum accident of concern developed for shielded facilities and applied to a case of the canyon sump excursion in a Savannah River Site facility.

In order to establish requirements for emergency preparedness plans at facilities licensed by the Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) needs to develop source terms (the amount of material made airborne) in accidents. These source terms are used to estimate the potential public doses from the events, ...

... to render the facility non-responsive ... COMPONENTS, OVERSEAS, UNDERGROUND, ACCIDENTS ... STATES, MILITARY FACILITIES, DENSITY, ...

This report discusses a radiation exposure accident of personnel at the Hanford production reactor facilities.

... STOCKPILES, HAZARDS, CHEMICALS, ARMY FACILITIES, SUPPLY DEPOTS, LIMITATIONS, ACCIDENTS, STABILITY, CHEMICAL ORDNANCE ...

In previous years a new methodology was developed by researchers (Fabbrocino et al. 2005; Antonioni et al. 2007; Campedel et al. 2008) to assess major-accident risks of industrial facilities triggered by seismic events. With the application of empirically determined probit values this technique is able to estimate site specific seismic ...

William R. Bibb, MD is the director of research and waste management at a unique facility that deals exclusively in radiation accidents-the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site(REAC/TS) in Oak Ridge, Tenn. REAC/TS is housed in the 400-bed Oak Ridge Methodist Medical Center. It was instituted seven years ago to provide ...

Consistent methodology should be adopted in accident analyses sections of SARs. These accident sections should describe both consequence and risk from potential accidents that could occur in a facility being assessed. These analyses should consider three general classes of accidents; they are ...

... Program has two different focus areas: accident prevention and accident mitigation. Accident prevention research concentrates on the following issues: ...

The author reviews previous research published in the area of industrial accidents. The review is limited to those studies which have established some behavioral cause in the impact of accidents. The effect of individual differences of the employee as a c...

A summary of studies conducted on the pressurizedwater reactor loss-of- coolant accident is presented, and an experimental safety program is proposed. The various phenomena involved in the loss-of-coolant accident, related research and development programs, assumptions currently used to predict the various physical ...

Safety and risk analyses are complex by nature and require significant effort, extensive skills and experience, analytical tools and supporting information. To reduce the effort and to enhance the analytical capabilities for present and future generation of nuclear systems, an Integrated Training and Accident Analysis System (ITAAS) has been developed. The primary objective of ...

An analysis of completed decommissioning projects is used to construct predictive estimates for worker exposure to radioactivity during decommissioning activities. The preferred organizational method for the completed decommissioning project data is to divide the data by type of facility, whether decommissioning was performed on part of the facility or the ...

System safety professionals, both researchers and practitioners, who regularly read accident reports

SPACECRAFT ACCIDENTS: EXAMINING THE PAST, IMPROVING THE FUTURE Apollo 13. Bryan Palaszewski. working with the. Digital Learning Network ...

... Accession Number : AD0620258. Title : FURTHER ATTEMPTS AT CODING AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS. Descriptive Note : Research rept.,. ...

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 ...

This paper presents a simple, systematic approach for developing accident scenarios using generic accident types. Result is a necessary and sufficient set of accident scenarios that can be used to establish the safety envelope for a facility or operation. Us of this approach along with the methodology of ...

The Water Reactor Research Test Facilities Division has completed a series of experiments to investigate the effects of upper head injection during hypothetical small break loss-of-coolant accidents (LOCAs). Indications from the test series are that none ...

Unsafe tailings management facilities (TMFs) have caused serious accidents in Europe threatening human health/life and the environment. While advanced design, construction and management procedures are available, their implementation requires greater emphasis. An integrated research project funded by the European Union was carried out ...

The March 1979 accident at Three Mile Island produced about 150 tons of highly radioactive debris. The Department of Energy decided to ship the damaged nuclear fuel to Idaho because (1) of its facilities and radiological research expertise; (2) the shipping containers were designed and tested, and independently reviewed by the Nuclear ...

A description, with safety and accident analyses, of the Advanced Test Reactor is presented. Topics covered include: site; reactor building; reactor structure, shielding and experiments; reactor core; primary coolant system; instrumentation and control; control element drives; electrical systems; secondary coolant systems; auxiliary systems and machinery; critical ...

The SL-1'' critioality accident provided an opportunity for atomic energy installations to examine their capabilities and facilities for handling such an accident. It became apparent to Hanford personnel that they were unprepared for such an occurrence and corrective measures were initiated. The resulting ...

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Oct 8, 1996 ... Hazardous Waste Accidents (401 SDI Group): Definition: Number of accidents in hazardous waste handling facilities that released waste into ...

...does not set forth Federal agency responsibilities or capabilities for responding to an accident at a fixed nuclear facility or a transportation accident involving radioactive materials. These responsibilities are addressed in the...

...planning and preparedness activities. Assignments in this part are applicable to radiological accidents at fixed nuclear facilities and transportation accidents involving radioactive...

The Health Physics Research Reactor is an essentially unmoderated, unreflected, uranium-molybdenum alloy assembly that is capable of producing self- limiting promptcritical bursts with yields of the order of 10/sup 17/ fissions. The design and performance characteristics, although similar to Godiva assemblies, are improved by the use of the alloyed fuel material for ...

The capability to vent with or without attenuation of fission products exists at some US facilities. In addition, two utilities have proposed enhanced capabilities, and generic enhancements are being considered under a regulatory evaluation of severe accident vulnerabilities at all US commercial reactors. The paper 1) summarizes the history of filtered ...

This paper describes accident analysis approaches (or strategies for success) for a postulated full-building fire affecting a large radiological laboratory building at Savannah River Technology Center (SRTC) at Savannah River Site (SRS). SRTC management and the SRS Department of Energy (DOE) field office (the "owners" of the facility and its safety ...

Simplified evaluation models are developed at the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) to predict the first peak power, energy, and total fission numbers during a criticality accident for design and installation of a criticality alarm system and for quick response with measures to avoid excessive exposure of the general public. These models were ...

The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) is a Department of Energy, accelerator-based neutron source proposed for construction at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The project is currently nearing the end of the conceptual design stage. The objective of the target facility is to provide beams of pulsed thermal and sub-thermal neutrons for research purposes. ...

During the 1970s and early 1980s, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) operated large out-of-reactor experimental facilities to resolve thermal-hydraulic safety issues in nuclear reactors. The fundamental research ranged from material mechanical behavior of fuel cladding during the depressurization phase of a loss-of-coolant ...

During the 1970s and early 1980s, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) operated large out-of-reactor experimental facilities to resolve thermal-hydraulic safety issues in nuclear reactors. The fundamental research ranged from material mechanical behavior of fuel cladding during the depressurization phase of a loss-of-coolant ...

This book describes the road safety, accident investigation or vehicle and highway design. This book also discusses the nature and cause of road accidents. It discusses the following contents: Forward; Preface; The main features of the accident situation in Great Britain; The interacting roles of road environment, vehicle and road user ...

The basis for securing nuclear safety is to prevent occurrence of accidents and to mitigate propagation of abnormal events or accidents to severe accidents. In practice, a nuclear power plant is designed and constructed so that abnormal events can be dete...

This publication contains summary reports of major marine accidents, adopted from August 1979 through June 1982. The summary reports present the probable cause and accident descriptions for the following accidents: Oceanographic Research Vessel PROFILER, ...

In support of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Accident Management Research Program, the availability of instruments to supply accident management information during a broad range of severe accidents is evaluated for a Boiling Water Reactor with a M...

The report is one of the Multidisciplinary Traffic Accident Research special studies in human factor variables and fatal motor vehicle accidents in the greater Boston area. The results represent the initial findings related to 50 fatal motor vehicle accid...

The overall objective of this research was to study work zone accidents in New York State, with particular attention to the occurrence and mitigation of rear-end vehicle accidents. The specific objectives were to recommend changes to the NYSDOT's accident...

A NASA Ames Research Center analysis of rotorcraft accident data identified safety issues that could lead to a reduction in accidents. The primary source of data was summaries of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident reports. Lower cost hel...

The management of severe accidents in light water reactors is receiving much attention in several countries. The reduction of risk by measures and/or actions that would affect the behavior of a severe accident is discussed. The research program that is be...

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 MELCOR Accident Consequence Code System (MACCS) has been applied to the radiological consequence assessment of potential accidents from a non-reactor nuclear facility. MACCS has been used in a variety of applications to evaluate radiological dose and ...

This report describes the 11 year medical course of Harold R. McCluskey, a Hanford nuclear chemical operator, who, at age 64, was involved in an accident in an americium recovery facility in August 1976. As a result of the accident, he was heavily contami...

The Department of Energy has developed new capabilities to predict how an accident event would spread through a facility. These capabilities arose as a part of the development of a future generation accident code - CONACS. They can be used to predict the ...

Dose calculation procedures to be used in the event of a truck transportation accident involving radioactive waste being shipped from a TVA facility. Two types of accidents are considered: one involving fire, and one involving a spill of packaged waste an...

Cheap and clean energy can be supplied with nuclear power plant whose accident probability is very low comparing with that of the other industrial facilities. However, the consequences of severe accident of nuclear power plant may result in a critical imp...

The risks of building related home accidents may be reduced by planning, designing and constructing safe buildings. European regulations and standards regarding the safety of buildings, building features and facilities are described in this report. The re...

Jan 24, 2008 ... The Zero Gravity Research Facility is NASA's premier facility for ground based microgravity research, and the largest facility of its kind in the ...

Zero Gravity Research Facility. Facility Description. The Zero-G is NASA's premier facility for conducting ground- based microgravity research. Operational since ...

The Accident Analysis Handbook (AAH) covers four generic facilities: fuel manufacturing, fuel reprocessing, waste storage/solidification, and spent fuel storage; and six accident types: fire, explosion, tornado, criticality, spill, and equipment failure. These are the accident types considered to make major ...

Approximately a hundred years ago the petrochemical industry was in its infancy, while the chemical industry was already well established. Today, both of these industries, which are almost indistinguishable, are a substantial part of the makeup of the U.S. economy and the lifestyle we enjoy. It is difficult to identify a single segment of our daily lives that isn`t affected by these industries and ...