... reactor safety—and, in particular, the risks and consequences of major accidents. We ourselves have been skeptical of industry and government assurances in this area. We continue to be. The following special report, Capitalizing on the ...
... reactor for the foreseeable future.1 He directed federal agencies to expand their investigation of "alternative" nuclear reactors and fuels, an ironic twist from the point of view of those who have pressed for investigating alternatives ...
... reactor development program: 1. Selection of the Bechtel Corporation of San Francisco, California, by the AEC Idaho Operations Office to perform major construction work on the first reactor to be built at the Commission's new Nuclear ...
Reactor chamber (above, left) and one boiler chamber are shown in cutaway model of Ship- pingport's nuclear power station. The conventional light- water reactor was converted to a breeder reactor last year and will be tested for several ...
... reactor fuel could have melted in the most serious possible kind of nuclear accident. The fast startup at the L reactor was ranked number one of the "top ten" mishaps in a compilation of the 30 most significant reactor incidents in a ...
... reactor development efforts. Notes 1. D. Haasl, “Advanced Concepts in Fault Tree Analysis,” paper presented at System Safety Symposium, June 8-9, 1965, Boeing Airplane Company; and McDonnell Douglas Corp., “Preliminary Safety Analysis ...
... reactor — in particular the General Electric boiling water reactor. The British government chose the gas- cooled reactor; and the Central Electricity Generating Board ordered five twin-reactor AGR stations in the next five years. The ...
... reactor with fresh fuel or to reprocess the discharged fuel while bilateral negotiations with the United States proceed. The North also agreed to allow two IAEA inspectors to remain at the reactor site to verify that reloading or ...
... reactor start-up. The control rods pass through tubes in 211 of the graphite columns and operate in a manner more complicated than for a light-water reactor. In addition to the normal function of controlling the overall power level ...
... reactor; fourth, the elimination of the requirement for Bernard I. Spinrad is the director of the Reactor Engineering Division of Argonne National Lab- . oratory. reprocessing and refabrication to as large a degree as possible, by using ...