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 …

The ultimate barrier to prevent contamination of the environment due to a release of
radioactivity from a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is the reinforced concrete (RC) Reactor …

After the Fukushima accident, the interest on hydrogen combustion hazard management has
increased considerably. Many European nuclear plants reinforced their strategies for severe …

Marine nuclear reactors, especially when powering submarines, take advantage of most of
the benefits which nuclear technology can provide. Due to nuclear fuel high power density …

Abstract AP1000® Generation III+ reactor bases its safety concept on passive systems,
differently from the previous Generation II reactors. This fact has led the approximations and …

This document explores the role of CFD in nuclear safety studies, with a particular focus on
advancements in Spain and Portugal. The field of nuclear safety has increasingly included …

Historically, the deterministic safety analysis simulations for large dry containments of
operating nuclear power plants have been done with nuclear legacy codes using the …

Severe accidents research activities in Spain have grown substantially since the Fukushima-
Daiichi accident. Most of these research activities have been conducting by a few …

Regarding the importance of radioactive materials dispersion in the environment and their
effect on living organism's well-being, this article examines the atmospheric dispersion of …

Hydrogen is a flammable gas that can generate thermal and mechanical loads which could
jeopardise the containment integrity upon combustion inside nuclear power plants …