Lessons learned from early criticality accidents
Description/Abstract
Four accidents involving the approach to criticality occurred during the period July, 1945, through May, 1996. These have been described in the format of the OPERATING EXPERIENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY which is distributed by the Office of Nuclear and Facility Safety. Although the lessons learned have been incorporated in standards, codes, and formal procedures during the last fifty years, this is their first presentation in this format. It is particularly appropriate that they be presented in the forum of the Nuclear Criticality Technology Safety Project Workshop closest to the fiftieth anniversary of the last of the four accidents, and that which was most instrumental in demonstrating the need to incorporate lessons learned.
| Creator/Author: | Malenfant, R.E. |
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| Publication Date: | 1996 Jun 01 |
| OSTI Identifier: | OSTI ID: 244644; Legacy ID: DE96011268 |
| Report Number(s): | LA-UR--96-1659; CONF-9605176--1 |
| DOE Contract Number: | W-7405-ENG-36 |
| Other Number(s): | Other: ON: DE96011268; TRN: 96:014604 |
| Resource Type: | Conference |
| Resource Relation: | Conference: Nuclear criticality technology safety project workshop, Gaithersburg, MD (United States), 14-15 May 1996; Other Information: PBD: [1996] |
| Research Org: | Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States) |
| Sponsoring Org: | USDOE, Washington, DC (United States) |
| Subject: | 22 NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY ;57 HEALTH AND SAFETY; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; ZERO POWER REACTORS; REACTOR SAFETY; EXCURSIONS; RADIATION DOSES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; DEATH; RADIATION PROTECTION; RECOMMENDATIONS; MITIGATION; REMOTE CONTROL; INTERLOCKS; REACTOR OPERATION |
| Country of Publication: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Format: | Size: 21 p. |
| Availability: | INIS; OSTI as DE96011268 To purchase this media from NTIS, click here |
| Update Date: | 2009 Nov 10 |
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