A scenario of large amount of radioactive materials discharge to the air from the Unit 2 reactor in the Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 360-365

  Tanabe, Fumiya ^a  

^a Sociotechnical Systems Safety Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Containment failure; Core melt; Environmental radioactive contamination; Fukushima daiichi NPP accident; Mark I containment; Radiation exposure; Radioactive materials discharge; Reactor pressure vessel failure; Seismic failure; Suppression chamber failure

Indexed keywords

CORE MELT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; MARK I CONTAINMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL;

ACCIDENTS; CORE MELTDOWN; DYNAMIC LOADS; EARTHQUAKES; PRESSURE VESSELS;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

EID: 84862865983     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2012.669237     Document Type: Review

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