IRIS safety-by-design™ and its implication to lessen emergency planning requirements

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 123-136

  Carelli, Mario D ^a   Petrovic, Bojan ^a,c,d   Ferroni, Paolo ^b,e  

^a WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c Westinghouse Science and Technology Department

^d IRIS   (Belgium)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced reactors; CDF; Core damage frequency; Defence in depth; Emergency planning; Emergency planning zone; EPZ; Integral reactors; International reactor innovative and secure; IRIS; Licensing; LOCAs; PRA; Safety by design

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049140581     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2008.016144     Document Type: Article

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