State-of-the-Art Reactor Consequence Analyses
Encyclopedia
The State-of-the-Art Reactor Consequence Analyses (SOARCA) is a study of nuclear power plant
safety
conducted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
. This new study updates older studies with the latest state-of-the-art computer models and incorporates new plant safety and security enhancements.
Nuclear power
Nuclear power is the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provide about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity, with the U.S., France, and Japan together accounting for about 50% of nuclear generated electricity...
safety
Nuclear safety
Nuclear safety covers the actions taken to prevent nuclear and radiation accidents or to limit their consequences. This covers nuclear power plants as well as all other nuclear facilities, the transportation of nuclear materials, and the use and storage of nuclear materials for medical, power,...
conducted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is an independent agency of the United States government that was established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 from the United States Atomic Energy Commission, and was first opened January 19, 1975...
. This new study updates older studies with the latest state-of-the-art computer models and incorporates new plant safety and security enhancements.
See also
- Incident response teamIncident Response TeamAn incident response team or emergency response team is a group of people who prepare for and respond to any emergency incident, such as a natural disaster or an interruption of business operations. Incident response teams are common in corporations as well as in public service organizations...
- Nuclear powerNuclear powerNuclear power is the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provide about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity, with the U.S., France, and Japan together accounting for about 50% of nuclear generated electricity...
- Nuclear power debateNuclear power debateThe nuclear power debate is about the controversy which has surrounded the deployment and use of nuclear fission reactors to generate electricity from nuclear fuel for civilian purposes...
- Nuclear safety in the U.S.
- Nuclear safety systemsNuclear safety systemsThe three primary objectives of nuclear reactor safety systems as defined by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are to shut down the reactor, maintain it in a shutdown condition, and prevent the release of radioactive material during events and accidents...
- Nuclear fuel response to reactor accidents
- Nuclear accidents in the United StatesNuclear accidents in the United StatesAccording to a 2010 survey of energy accidents, there have been at least 56 accidents near nuclear reactors in the United States . The most serious of these was the Three Mile Island accident in 1979...
Older studies
- WASH-740WASH-740WASH-740, "Theoretical Possibilities and Consequences of Major Accidents in Large Nuclear Power Plants" estimated maximum possible damage from a meltdown with no containment building at a large nuclear reactor. The report was published by the U.S...
(1957) - WASH-1400WASH-1400WASH-1400, 'The Reactor Safety Study, was a report produced in 1975 for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by a committee of specialists under Professor Norman Rasmussen. It "generated a storm of criticism in the years following its release"...
(1975) - CRAC-IICRAC-IICRAC-II is both a computer code and the 1982 report of the simulation results performed by Sandia National Laboratories for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission...
(1982) - NUREG-1150NUREG-1150NUREG-1150 is an improvement on WASH-1400 and CRAC-II using the results of plant-specific Probabilistic Risk Assessments...
(1991)