Risk Assessment of Four Nuclear Plant Designs

Abstract: The UK government has given the go-ahead to the building of a new generation of nuclear power stations. Four designs are being assessed; the Areva EPR, Westinghouse AP1000, Candu ACR 1000 and GE ESBWR. This 17 page paper looks at each of these deigns and their safety features, consider the use of probabilistic risk assessment is outline and an event tree is presented for a large lost of coolant event. The bibliography cites 10 sources.

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Subcatagory: Environmental Issues & Ecology

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