Nuclear safety is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "The achievement of proper operating conditions, prevention of accidents...
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military application of nuclear science. NNSA maintains and enhances the safety, security, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile; works...
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The vulnerability of nuclear plants to deliberate attack is of concern in the area of nuclear safety and security. Nuclear power plants, civilian research...
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report". Reuters. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022. "Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards in Ukraine: 28 April - 5 September 2022" (PDF). IAEA...
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Passive nuclear safety is a design approach for safety features, implemented in a nuclear reactor, that does not require any active intervention on the...
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Foreman. The vulnerability of nuclear plants to deliberate attack is of concern in the area of nuclear safety and security. Nuclear power plants, civilian research...
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the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has become the center of an ongoing nuclear safety crisis, described by Ukraine as an act of nuclear terrorism by Russia...
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States military nuclear incident terminology Lists of nuclear reactors Nuclear safety and security Criticality accident List of hydroelectric power station...
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the issues of nuclear safety; food security for Asian and African countries; Ukraine's energy infrastructure; the release of prisoners and the return of...
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The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC; Korean: 원자력안전위원회; Hanja: 原子力安全委員會; RR: Wonjaryeok Anjeon Wiwonhoe) is one of the nuclear organizations...
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national security missions, particularly; countering weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and public health and safety, including responses to nuclear reactor...
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Public Service Electric and Gas) (50%). Peach Bottom was one of the plants analyzed in the NUREG-1150 safety analysis study. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission...
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The three primary objectives of nuclear reactor safety systems as defined by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission are to shut down the reactor, maintain...
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oversee nuclear energy matters, oversight of nuclear medicine, and nuclear safety and security. The U.S. AEC became the Energy Research and Development...
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accidents in process plants Nuclear safety and security – Regulations for uses of radioactive materials Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents...
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Lydie Xuân Thuy Nguyen, is a French engineer and Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security at the IAEA since 2021. She is also the Deputy...
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over the safety of the plant and the risk of a nuclear disaster. The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone was the site of fighting between Russian and Ukrainian...
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written on 22 October 1969 by Parker F. Jones, the supervisor of the nuclear weapons safety department at Sandia National Laboratories, reported that "one simple...
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Shutdown is the state of a nuclear reactor when the fission reaction is slowed significantly or halted completely. Different nuclear reactor designs have different...
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accidents, see nuclear and radiation accidents. For other lists, see Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents. In listing military nuclear accidents...
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WASH-1400 (redirect from Reactor Safety Study)
WASH-1400, 'The Reactor Safety Study (later known as NUREG-75/014) was a report produced in 1975 for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by a committee of...
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International Nuclear Event Scale List of civilian nuclear accidents Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents Nuclear safety Nuclear power Nuclear power...
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Scram (redirect from Safety Cut Rope Ax Man)
axe man or safety cut rope axe man. This was supposedly coined by Enrico Fermi when he oversaw the construction of the world's first nuclear reactor. The...
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Food irradiation (section Nuclear safety and security)
existing facilities and future design. In the US the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulates the safety of the processing facility, and the United States...
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Nuclear entombment (also referred to as "safe enclosure") is a method of nuclear decommissioning in which radioactive contaminants are encased in a structurally...
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risk of human errors in nuclear plant operation. The nuclear power industry has improved the safety and performance of reactors, and has proposed new safer...
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Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory (category Nuclear safety and security)
Energy Lab is a toy lab set designed to allow children to create and watch nuclear and chemical reactions using radioactive material. The Atomic Energy...
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Strategic Plans Division Force (category Nuclear safety and security)
Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, including both tactical and strategic nuclear weapons, as well as the security of nuclear facilities where these weapons and materials...
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Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant sarcophagus or Shelter Structure (Ukrainian: Об'єкт "Укриття") is a massive steel and concrete structure covering the nuclear reactor...
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Nuclear safety in the United States is governed by federal regulations issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The NRC regulates all nuclear...
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