Severe Accident Management Systems and Procedures

Abstract

A nuclear power plant’s safe operation involves the planning for non-standard operational emergencies, where pre-determined safety measures and damage control interventions must be taken into consideration depending on the developed event. A nuclear power plant’s safe operation involves the planning for non-standard operational emergencies, where pre-determined safety measures and damage control interventions must be taken into consideration depending on the developed event. The definition of the severe accident management cannot be explained in a single concept, it needs to be examined in detail. As a result of this it becomes necessary to specify the procedure guidelines appropriate to the nature of the event, which can be used with optimal efficiency under hierarchical organisational control. The experience of nuclear accidents in the world and the precognition of future events, the knowledge of existing guidelines for severe accident management needs to be deepened continuously, but at the same time it can be parallelly upgraded with the application of new technologies.