Safety features of operating light water reactors of western design

Description

Presents and compares the safety features of operating light water reactors produced by Western designers. The book chronologically lists current operating light water reactor types for each country that has such reactors, and also includes detailed technical information for each plant Content: 1. Introduction -- 2. Reactor Family Trees -- 3. Western LWR Designers and Their Reactor Designs -- 4. Safety-ReLated Aspects of the Nuclear Steam Supply System Design Features -- 5. Power Sources and Electrical Networks -- 6. Reactor Protection System -- 7. Emergency Water Makeup and Post-accident Heat Removal -- 8. Containment Features -- 9. Severe Accident Considerations -- 10. Summary -- App. A Non-operating BWR Plants -- App. B Non-operating PWR Plants -- App. C Available Process Capabilities of ECCS and Post-accident Heat Removal Systems for Individual BWR Standard Types.