A Study of Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA) in NPPs: a Case of Safety in VVER-1000
https://doi.org/10.26583/GNS-2018-02-02
EDN: UXASEE
Abstract
Sound procedures and good practices are not fully adequate if merely practiced mechanically. The lessons of the three major nuclear accidents including Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima Daiich have displayed insufficiency of existing techniques, standards and rules for their forestalling. Therefore, studies are constantly undertaken to militate against a repeat of such disaster or to limit it. Many criteria and designs have been proposed and utilized in new generations of NPP. This paper focuses on the study of loss of coolant accident (LOCA) and the various ways scientists and engineers are working to avoid and safely contain it.
About the Author
A. P. Idakwo
National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Institute of Physics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Idakwo A.P. A Study of Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA) in NPPs: a Case of Safety in VVER-1000. Global Nuclear Safety. 2018;(2):18-25. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26583/GNS-2018-02-02. EDN: UXASEE
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