- Author
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U.S. Department of Energy
- Title
- United States Department of Energy Reactor Core Protection Evaluation Methodology for Fires at RBMK and VVER Nuclear Power Plants...Fires at Soviet-Designed RBMK.
- Coporate
- Department of Energy, Washington, DC
- Report
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Revision 1; DOE/NE-0113
June 1997
324 p.
- Keywords
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nuclear power plants
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fire load
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fire safety
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computers
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fire models
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fire protection
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containment
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light water
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training
- Identifiers
- Soviet Union; Russia; graphite moderated; pressurized light; water reactor; nuclear reactor fires
- Abstract
- This document provides operators of Soviet-Designed RBMK (graphite moderated light water boiling water reactor) and VVER (pressurized light water reactor) numclear power plants with a systematic Methodology to qualitatively evaluate plant response to fires and to identify remedies to protect the reactor core from fire-initiated damage.