Safety at nuclear power plants

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• 1996:70 Risks from Nuclear Waste

  The first part of this review discusses the importance of risk. Man seems to have a longing for risks, like a part of the human nature. If risks are missing, they have to be invented, as needed parts in the emotional attraction of sports, amusement parks, traveling, etc.; this is the emotional part of risk. There is also a rational part of risk , in selecting such objects in ordinary life big...

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• 96:51 The Flooding Incident at the Ågesta Pressurized Heavy Water Nuclear Power Plant

  This report is a Master's thesis in Nuclear Reactor Engineering to be submitted to the SKi (Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate). The work has been performed at the Division of Nuclear Power Safety, KTH,Stockholm. It is an independent investigation of the consequences of the flooding incident at the Agesta HPWR, in Stockholm, Sweden, which occurred on the 1st of May 1969. The issue was raised...

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• 96:40 Status and Use of PSA in Sweden

  The performance and use of PSA:s in Sweden goes back about two decades. During all of this time, the field of PSA has been developing intensively, both internationally and within Sweden. The latest years have been characterised by an increased use of PSA models and results, and by major extensions of existing PSA models. The aim of this document is to describe PSA in Sweden with respect to...

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• 1995:60 Reliability of Piping System Components -Volume 3: A Bibliography of Technical Papers and Reports Related to Piping Reliability

  Reflecting on older analysis practices, passive components failures seldom receive explicit treatment in PSA. to expand the usefulness of PSA and to raise the realism in plant and system models the Swedish Nuclear power Inspectorate has undertaken a multi-year research project to establish a comprehensive passive components database, validate failure rate parameter estimates and model...

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• 96:77 Common Cause Failure Analysis of Hydraulic Scram and Control Rod Systems in the Swedish and Finnish BWR Plants

  Tuomas Mankamo SKI English...

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