Severe accident in high-power light water reactors: Mitigating strategies, assessment methods and research opportunities

MA Amidu, SA Olatubosun, A Ayodeji… - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The advancement in innovative high-power reactors necessitates concurrent study on the
core failure modes and severe accident scenarios, towards a better reactor design. This …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the assessment of severe accident management guidelines and actions through analytical simulations

N Zhao, W Ma, S Bechta - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The generic severe accident management guidelines (SAMG) were developed as a
response to TMI-2 accident to improve the defense-in-depth (DiD) concept of light water …

New safety strategies for nuclear power plants: A review

H Xu, B Zhang, Y Liu - International Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Summary The Extensive Damage Mitigation Guideline (EDMG), which was developed by
the US Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) owing to the motivation of 911 terrorist attacks and not …

Evaluation of a hybrid in-vessel retention strategy with ex-vessel cooling for APR1400 under extended station blackout conditions

S Rababah, A Diab - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2024 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to examine the success window of a hybrid in-vessel retention
(IVR) strategy coupled with ex-vessel cooling (ERVC) under an extended Station Blackout …

Informing Severe Accident Management Guidelines for a Pressurized Water Reactor with MELCOR Simulations

N Zhao - 2022 - diva-portal.org
Severe accident management guidelines (SAMGs) play an important role in the hierarchical
structure of the defense-in-depth (DiD) principle of reactor safety. Among different methods …

A SE Approach to Assess The Success Window of In-Vessel Retention Strategy

AM Udrescu, A Diab - Journal of the Korean Society of Systems …, 2020 - koreascience.kr
Abstract The Fukushima Daiichi accident in 2011 revealed some vulnerabilities of existing
Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) under extended Station Blackout (SBO) accident conditions …

A Systems Engineering Approach to Ex-Vessel Cooling Strategy for APR1400 under Extended Station Blackout Conditions

S Rababah, A Diab - Journal of the Korean Society of Systems …, 2023 - koreascience.kr
Abstract Implementing Severe Accident Management (SAM) strategies is crucial for
enhancing a nuclear power plant's resilience and safety against severe accidents conditions …

[PDF][PDF] Severe Accident Modeling Under Extended Station Blackout for A Large Scale PWR

AM Udrescu, AD Abd El Rahman Mahmoud - academia.edu
The Fukushima Daiichi accident revealed some vulnerabilities of operational nuclear power
plants (NPPs) under an extended Station Blackout (SBO). The extreme conditions of the …

Recent activities in the field of Nuclear Operational Management and Nuclear Safety Engineering

H Muta - Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Recent activities in the field of Nuclear Operational Management and Nuclear Safety
Engineering, the studies related to risk analysis methodology, design, and operational …