We report four cases of burn injuries inflicted by hot coolant after the explosion of the heating unit in four motor-vehicles of the same make and version, in similar circumstances while the patients were driving their cars. Burns of this type can cause considerable morbidity with an accompanying high risk of a traffic accident.

In this report, we have reviewed the basic features of the accident processes and radioactivity releases that occurred in the Chernobyl accident (1986) and in the Fukushima-1 accident (2011). The Chernobyl accident was a power-surge accident that was caused by a failure of control of a fission chain reaction, which instantaneously destroyed the reactor and building, whereas the Fukushima-1 acci...

ii iii ABSTRACT This report documents experiments conducted to determine the head-loss characteristics associated with calcium silicate insulation debris accumulated on a sump screen. These experiments were performed under the direction of Los Alamos National Laboratory in facilities operated by the Civil Engineering Department of the University of New Mexico. Experiments confirmed that calcium...

In this paper the use of machine learning (ML) is explored as an efficient tool for uncertainty quantification. A algorithm developed to predict peak cladding temperature (PCT) under conditions a large break loss coolant accident given various underlying uncertainties. The best estimate approach used simulate thermal-hydraulic system APR1400 (LBLOCA) scenario using multidimensional reactor safe...

The licensing process of a nuclear power plant is motivated by the need to protect humans and environment from ionizing radiation and, at same time, sets out basis for design determining acceptability plant. An important part realization accident analysis related basis, which should be documented in Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR). There are different options on accidents calculation area c...