Enhancing nuclear power plant safety via on-site mental fatigue management

Nuclear Power Plant Safety

In the last decade nuclear reactors have proven to be a source of electrical energy economically competitive with conventional means of power production. With the resulting increase in orders for nuclear power stations there has been a corresponding increase in public awareness of the safety and environmental aspects of these facilities. This public awareness has been evidenced by the number of...

Organizational Contributions to Nuclear Power Plant Safety

S. TINA GHOSH and GEORGE E. APOSTOLAKIS US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Mail Stop: T-7F27 Washington, DC 20555, USA Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Engineering Systems Division 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 24-221, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA Corresponding author. E-mail : [email protected]...

 Radioactivity of soil at proposed Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant site in Bangladesh

Background: The concentrations and distributions of natural and anthropogenic radioactive materials in soils of the site of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) were investigated with the aim of evaluating the environmental radioactivity and radiation hazard. Materials and Methods: Soil samples were collected from 40 locations in and around the proposed site of Rooppur Power Plant and determined ...

Discussion on software aging management of nuclear power plant safety digital control system

Managing the aging of digital control systems ensures that nuclear power plant systems are in adequate safety margins during their life cycles. Software is a core component in the execution of control logic and differs between digital and analog control systems. The hardware aging management for the digital control system is similar to that for the analog system, which has matured over decades ...

Probabilistic Safety Analysis in Safety Management of Nuclear Power Plants