With the occurrence of the three major nuclear accidents, nuclear safety issues have
become the lifeblood for nuclear power development in the world. Understanding the history …

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 …

Technological accidents are a threat to the population, the environment and the economy.
Occasionally, the notion of “Black Swan” event is applied to such accidents as an …

Different metaphors have been introduced to reflect the occurrence of rare and surprising
types of events with extreme impacts, including black swans, grey swans and dragon-kings …

Emergency response planning associated with written procedures play a key role in the
process safety to ensure that accident can be properly managed. Although the extensive use …

Abstract On Friday, March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake produced a 46 feet high
tsunami that hit and flooded the northeast part of Japan's main island. Being damaged, the …

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving energy production sustainability is a
paramount of Chile's 2050 energy policy. This though, is difficult to achieve without some …

This study aims to investigate the behavior of bubbles and the mechanisms of heat transfer
in a downward-facing curved channel under boiling flow conditions. A curved wall …

This paper presents a multidisciplinary analysis of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power
Plant accident. Along with the latest observations and simulation studies, we synthesize the …

Korea identifies in advance the impact of maritime development, including bridges across
waterways, on maritime traffic safety and evaluates changes in maritime traffic flow and ship …