Within 10 days of the accident at the Chernobyl No 4 reactor in Ukraine on 6 April 1986, large quantities of radioactive material were dispersed into the atmosphere over the northern hemisphere by air currents. Following the accident, radioactive clouds were carried as far as the coast of Swit...
摘要: The causes and evolution of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor are analyzed using fault tree analysis and reliability block diagram. The generic lessons learned are then discussed.年份: 2014 收藏 引用 批量引用 报错 分享 全部来源 求助全文 Elsevier 相似文献...
The two reactors were created because of Britain’s need for an atomic weapon following World War II. Determining that a uranium enrichment plant would cost ten times as much to produce the same number of atomic bombs as a nuclear reactor, the decision was made to build a nuclear reactor th...
On 26th of April 1986, Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant underwent a catastrophic failure whilst undergoing an experimental power failure test. The reactor experienced uncontrolled fission and water flashed into steam causing an explosion, which exposed the reactor to the atmosphere and c...
nuclear power plant diagramSchematic diagram of a nuclear power plant using a pressurized-water reactor. nuclear power Written by William Martin Professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. William Martin ...