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Technical Briefing of nuclear safety aspects of the situation in Japan, 17 March 2011
The document provides a technical briefing on the nuclear safety aspects of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident in Japan. It discusses the boiling water reactor design features, including the fuel channels, reactor pressure vessel upper internal structures, and large lower plenum. It also describes key plant systems for the Mark I containment design, which was used at Fukushima Daiichi, and details aspects of the Mark I containment structure itself that are relevant to understanding the accident progression.
Technical Briefing of nuclear safety aspects of the situation in Japan, 17 March 2011
- 1. Technical Briefing ofnuclear safety aspects of the situation in JapanMarch 17 2011James E. LyonsDirector Nuclear Installation Safety, IAEA
- 2. Boiling Water Reactor(BWR)3/17/2011Lyons, James Edward2
- 3. BWR Design FeaturesFuelchannelsRPV upper internal structuresLarge lower plenum3Short Course on Level 2 PSA (Section L2-3)October 2010
- 4. Key Plant Systems(Mark-I)4
- 5. BWR Mark I- Containment3/17/2011Lyons, James Edward5
- 9. BWR Mark IContainment3/17/2011Lyons, James Edward9
- 11. Date : March17 Time : 12:00 UTC