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    the public and the environment from undue radiation hazards". The IAEA defines nuclear security as "The prevention and detection of and response to,...
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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 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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    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 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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  • 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 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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  • 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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    national security missions, particularly; countering weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and public health and safety, including responses to nuclear reactor...
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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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    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 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • Nuclear law is the law related to the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology. Nuclear energy poses special risks to the health and safety of persons...
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    Consolidated Nuclear Security is an American federal contractor that manages the Y-12 National Security Complex and the Pantex plant. Consolidated Nuclear Security...
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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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    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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  • on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2014. "The Canadian Nuclear FAQ – Section D: Safety and Liability". www.nuclearfaq.ca. Mukhopadhyay, Sayanti; Hastak...
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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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  • Normal Accidents (category Nuclear safety and security)
    new nuclear reactor technology is that safety risks may be greater initially as reactor operators have little experience with the new design. Nuclear engineer...
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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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    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 criticality safety is a field of nuclear engineering dedicated to the prevention of nuclear and radiation accidents resulting from an inadvertent...
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