This report gives a global view of the French reactor safety approach; aspects in relation with severe accidents are pointed out: safety goals regarding population, and safety goals regarding plant design. Ultimate or U procedures involving physical pheno...
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The French approach to safety doctrine is first presented: safety objectives as regards populations and plant safety objectives. Then, a description of ultimate or ''U'' procedures, involving the proceeding of physical phenomena induced by severe accident...
Within the framework of a danger analysis which serves as a decision-finding basis for emergency planning, rarely expected severe accidents, which are not covered by design basis accidents, have to be considered at the Rossendorf research site with regard...
... Descriptors : (*AUSTRALIA, ACCIDENTS), (*ACCIDENTS, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS), MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE ...
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In order to carry out epidemiological research on the influence of radiation factors on the health of people living in centres of population areas contaminated as a result of the Chernobyl accident, a knowledge of the amount of external and internal expos...
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The accidents at work of 4482 employees in a car engine machining and assembly plant in south east England were studied retrospectively over a 12 month period. The study population was composed of Asian (22%), white (66%), and West Indian employees (12%). The crude accident rates differed among the groups, the means being Asians 1.58, white 1.23, and West ...
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The document describes the IAEA Programme on Nuclear Reactor's Accident Management, and analyses the safety assessment of the PWR type reactor. (Atomindex citation 24:067123)
Page 1. Naval Health Research Center Intelligence and Accidents: ... Accidents and Intelligence Intelligence and Accidents: A Multilevel Model ...
Two years ago the World Health Assembly approved the establishment of the International Programme on the Health Effects of the Chernobyl Accident (IPHECA). The Programme, set up under the auspices of WHO, provides support to the health authorities in Bela...
about homeland security research. Browse these EPA Emergency Response subtopics Accidents Accident Preparedness, Accident Prevention, Chemical Accidents, Radiation Accidents...
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NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER OCCUPATION, PERSONALITY, AND ACCIDENTS: ... Page 2. Occupation, Personality, and Accidents: ...
... Title : General Aviation Night Fatal Accidents. ... Research determined that there is a significantly disproportionate number of night fatal accidents. ...
This study by the Steel Industry Safety and Health Commission was made within the context of the application by undertakings of the principles of accident and disease prevention previously adopted by the said Commission. It puts forward recommendations fo...
This work was made in the frame of the research programme on validation of models for the transfer of radionuclides in the terrestrial, urban and aquatic environments. The acronym of this programme is VAMP (Validation of Model Predictions) and is coordina...
Announcement of Opportunity Membership of the Ocean Acidification Programme Advisory Group (Closing of the Programme Advisory Group (PAG) of the Ocean Acidification Research Programme � a collaborative programme outlined in this document. A. Programme Background 2. The ...
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In cooperation with the National Agency of Environmental Protection in Denmark, Risoe National Laboratory has examined the radioactive contamination from the Chernobyl accident. The programme for these investigations was an expansion of the countrywide mo...
A modelling approach was used to predict doses from a large area deposition of (sup 137)Cs over southern and central Finland. The assumed deposition profile and quantity were both similar to those resulting from the Chernobyl accident. In the study, doses...
Every year a number of young children are injured as a result of accidents that occur on board trains in Great Britain. These accidents range from being caught in internal doors, through to injuries caused by using seats. We describe our efforts to design a new set of safety signs in order to help prevent the occurrence of these types of ...
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... Abstract : This report is the result of three years of research on the subject of recreational boat collision accident reconstruction. ...
The South East Asia Rainforest Research Programme (SEARRP) is one of a number of international projects funded by the Royal Society. SEARRP was ... remit of SEARRP is the whole of SE Asia, but the Programme's ...
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... ADP002251. Title : Some Results from a Programme of Research into the Structure of Vortex Flow Fields Around Missile Shapes,. ...
Page 1. 0C Research programme on magnetoplasmadynamic power generation. Technical summary report ... CHAPTER 4 POWER GENERATION ...
SARNET (Severe Accident Research Network) is a Network of Excellence of the EU 6. Framework Programme that integrates in a sustainable manner the research capabilities of about fifty European organisations to resolve important remaining uncertainties and safety issues concerning existing and future nuclear plant, ...
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BIOENERGIA Research Programme is one of energy technology programmes of the Finnish Ministry of Trade and Industry (in 1995 TEKES, Technology Development Center). The aim of Bioenergy Research Programme is to increase the use of economically profitable an...
The main conclusions drawn from the investigations are that the Chernobyl accident caused psychosocial problems due to poor information just after the accident, and stresses and traumas inter alia due to forced relocation. A marked increase of thyroid can...
... Program has two different focus areas: accident prevention and accident mitigation. Accident prevention research concentrates on the following issues: ...
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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...
System safety professionals, both researchers and practitioners, who regularly read accident reports
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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 TERMO-technology programme was realised in 1993-1997. The aim of the programme was to promote the profitability and sustainable development of district heating by means of research and development actions. The programme included 36 research projects t...
BIOENERGIA Research Programme is one of the energy technology programmes of the Finnish Ministry of Trade and Industry. The aim of the programme is to increase the use of economically profitable and environmentally sound bioenergy by improving the competi...
The Containment and Release Management project was carried out within the Reinforced Concerted Action Programme for Accident Management Support and partly financed by the European Union. In this report a prototype of an accident management support system ...
The RADTRAN 4 computer code is designed to analyze radiological consequences and accident risks of transporting radioactive material. This manual provides information useful for interpreting, troubleshooting, or debugging components of the code during development or revision of the program.
In April 1990, an agreement was signed between the WHO and the USSR Ministry of Health to set up a long-term international programme to assist the populations affected by the Chernobyl accident, as well as to increase the body of scientific knowledge abou...
A 10-item self-report scale for mild social deviance (the Social Motivation Questionnaire) was developed and used in a study examining the role of social deviance in traffic accident risk. The scale focused on self-serving behaviours which might directly or indirectly harm the interests of others. Data were obtained from 108 drivers taking part in a ...
The JRC reactor safety programme involves theoretical and experimental activities to analyse accidents and their consequences for LWRs and LMFBRs. The first project deals with the improvement and the application of methodologies for risk and reliability a...
... Programme 1985, and the Japanese Fifth Generation Conference 1984: Contrasting Approaches to Research into Information Technology,. ...
Programmable Logic. Educating Assurance Engineers. NASA Glenn Research Center. Kalynnda Berens (PI). Jackie Somos (Course designer) ...
... Participants of the International Arctic Buoy Programme Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research Germany ...
... research programme referred to as EXPERT: the European EXPerimental Re ... data, the EXPERT programme includes also wind tunnel testing and ...
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...
The six-year Combustion and Gasification Research Programme LIEKKI 2 (1993- 1998) was oriented towards research serving the development of energy production technologies based on combustion and gasification. The programme was divided into six research are...
World Climate Research Programme Open Science Conference: Climate Research in Service to Society Printer-friendly version � Add This ...
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UK Ocean Acidification Research Programme Call for Studentship Proposals Closing date: 16:00 on 8 for studentships as part of the UK Ocean Acidification Research Programme. This �12M collaborative programme encouraged. Researchers submitting a full proposal to the main UK ...
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme in Science (UROPS) Research Project Proposal Form and programming. #12;Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme in Science (UROPS) Research Project Proposal Form in astronomy and geometry. #12;Undergraduate ...
... WITHIN THE GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH INTO RAW MATERIALS IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY. ...
MRDE's mining research programme is outlined, and research in various countries on coal utilization is mentioned.
The 5. framework programme (FP-5), the pluri-annual research programme of the European Union (EU), covers the period 1998-2002. Research on nuclear energy, fusion and fission, is covered by the EURATOM part of the FP-5. An overview of the Euratom's research on Nuclear Reactor Safety, ...
