Title Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety of U.S. Nuclear Plants

Published Washington : National Academies Press, 2014 ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (394 pages) Contents Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Reviewer Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Synopsis -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background on Japanese and U.S. Nuclear Plants -- 3 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami and Impacts on Japanese Nuclear Plants -- 4 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident -- 5 Lessons Learned: Plant Operations and Safety Regulations -- 6 Lessons Learned: Offsite Emergency Management -- 7 Lessons Learned: Nuclear Safety Culture -- References -- Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee, Technical Advisor, and Staff Appendix B: Presentations, Breakout Sessions, and VisitsAppendix C: Detailed Accident Time Line -- Appendix D: Operation and Support Organizations -- Appendix E: Recommendations from Other Organizations -- Appendix F: Regulator and Industry Actions in the United States -- Appendix G: Hydrogen Control in Severe Accidents -- Appendix H: Nuclear Plant Emergency Procedures and Guidelines -- Appendix I: Probabilistic Risk Assessment -- Appendix J: Human Reliability Analysis -- Appendix K: Tsunami Hazards in the Atlantic Ocean Basin Appendix L: Factoring the Costs of Severe Nuclear Accidents into Backfit DecisionsAppendix M: Access to Timely and Reliable Information to Support Decision Making During a Nuclear Power Plant Accident -- Appendix N: Conversions and Units -- Appendix O: Acronyms Summary "The March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami sparked a humanitarian disaster in northeastern Japan. They were responsible for more than 15,900 deaths and 2,600 missing persons as well as physical infrastructure damages exceeding 200 billion dollars. The earthquake and tsunami also initiated a severe nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Three of the six reactors at the plant sustained severe core damage and released hydrogen and radioactive materials. Explosion of the released hydrogen damaged three reactor buildings and impeded onsite emergency response efforts. The accident prompted widespread evacuations of local populations, large economic losses, and the eventual shutdown of all nuclear power plants in Japan. ... This report examines the causes of the crisis, the performance of safety systems at the plant, and the responses of its operators following the earthquake and tsunami. The report then considers the lessons that can be learned and their implications for U.S. safety and storage of spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste, commercial nuclear reactor safety and security regulations, and design improvements."--Publisher's description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Environmental disasters -- Japan -- Fukushima-ken Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 -- Environmental aspects Radioactive pollution -- Japan -- Fukushima-ken Radioactive waste sites -- Cleanup -- Japan -- Fukushima-ken Ecology Environmental disasters Radioactive pollution Radioactive waste sites -- Cleanup Fukushima-ken (Japan) -- Environmental conditions Japan Japan -- Fukushima-ken Form Electronic book Author Studies, Division on Earth and Life Board, Nuclear and Radiation Studies ISBN 9780309272544 0309272548

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