Nuclear energy safety and international cooperation : closing the world's most dangerous reactors / Spencer Barrett Meredith, III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meredith, Spencer Barrett, III., author.

Series:

Routledge studies in environmental policy.

Routledge Studies in Environmental Policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear power plants--Former Soviet republics--Safety measures--Case studies.

Nuclear power plants.

Nuclear power plants--Europe, Eastern--Safety measures--Case studies.

Nuclear power plants--Safety measures--International cooperation.

Nuclear power plants--Safety regulations.

Nuclear power plants--Decommissioning--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Twenty-five years after the Chernobyl explosion, disaster struck once more after a tsunami overwhelmed the considerable safety measures at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. However, Fukushima had put in place a solid containment structure to reduce the spread of radiation in the event of a worst-case scenario; Chernobyl did not. These two incidents highlight the importance of such safety measures, which were critically lacking in an entire class of Soviet-designed reactors. This book examines why five countries operating these dangerous reactors first signed internat

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Political rules and nuclear safety; 2 Ukraine's uneasy past and uncertain future; 3 Armenia at the crossroads; 4 Lithuania reluctant but resolved to obey; 5 Bulgaria, what a strange trip it has been; 6 Overcoming Slovakia's Meciar problem; 7 Delaying disaster; Appendix A: Map of Soviet-designed reactors; Appendix B: Reactor locations, statuses, and designs; Appendix C: Chernobyl Unit 4 after April 1986 disaster; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-70023-6

1-315-77969-2

1-317-70024-4

9781315779690

OCLC:

886674606