Lessons learned from the Fukushima nuclear accident for improving safety and security of U.S. nuclear plants. Phase 2 / Committee on Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants, author.

Contributor:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011.

Nuclear power plants--Security measures.

Nuclear power plants.

Nuclear reactor accidents--Japan.

Nuclear reactor accidents.

Nuclear power plants--Safety measures--Risk assessment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, 2016.

Summary:

"The U.S. Congress asked the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a technical study on lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident for improving safety and security of commercial nuclear power plants in the United States. This study was carried out in two phases: Phase 1, issued in 2014, focused on the causes of the Fukushima Daiichi accident and safety-related lessons learned for improving nuclear plant systems, operations, and regulations exclusive of spent fuel storage. This Phase 2 report focuses on three issues: (1) lessons learned from the accident for nuclear plant security, (2) lessons learned for spent fuel storage, and (3) reevaluation of conclusions from previous Academies studies on spent fuel storage"-- Publisher's description.

Contents:

Introduction

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident: lessons learned for spent fuel storage

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear accident: lessons learned for nuclear plant security

Reevaluation of findings and recommendations from previous NAS reports

Security risk assessment

Loss-of-coolant events in spent fuel pools

Expedited transfer of spent fuel from pools to dry casks

References

Appendix A: Committee and staff biographies

Appendix B: Presentations

Appendix C: Conversions and units

Appendix D: Acronyms.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-309-38891-0

0-309-38889-9