This report summarizes an assessment of the risks from severe accidents in five commercial nuclear power plants in the United States. These risks are measured in a number of ways, including: the estimated frequencies of core damage accidents from internally initiated accidents and externally initiated accidents for two of the plants;the performance of containment structures under severe accident loadings; the potential magnitude of radionuclide releases and offside consequences of such accidents; and the overall risk.
| Author: U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Oct 09, 2014 |
| Number of Pages: 96 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1502529661 |
| ISBN-13: 9781502529664 |