Abstract
The accidents which occurred in the nuclear power plants in Fukushima-Daiichi resulted in a complementary safety assessment (CSA or stress-tests) of all French NPPs to confirm their compliance with their design bases and to evaluate their behaviour beyond it. They have shown that nuclear facilities have a satisfactory level of safety, but it had been decided to significantly improve their robustness to extreme situations, beyond the safety margins they have already. Planned improvements include several parts, where the main ones are the implementation of a hardened safety core (HSC) of key components for the management of extreme situations resulting from a hazard beyond the design and deployment of a nuclear rapid response force (FARN). The hardened safety core aims to avoid massive releases and lasting effects in the environment. It relies on existing or new components designed or verified to hazards with significant margins compared to the design levels of NPP beyond. It also includes provisions allowing crisis management, including crisis centre and communication means. The FARN complements the HSC and the crisis organization to bring from off-site sufficient human and material resources to increase the autonomy of the site. All these improvement contribute to a better defence in depth.
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Barbaud, J.;
[1]
Pouget-Abadie, X., E-mail: jean.barbaud@edf.fr
[2]
- EDF SEPTEN, Villeurbanne Cedex (France)
- EDF DIN Headquarters, Saint-Denis (France)
Citation Formats
Barbaud, J., and Pouget-Abadie, X., E-mail: jean.barbaud@edf.fr.
Improvements in Defense in Depth in French Nuclear Power Plants Following Fukushima Accidents.
IAEA: N. p.,
2014.
Web.
Barbaud, J., & Pouget-Abadie, X., E-mail: jean.barbaud@edf.fr.
Improvements in Defense in Depth in French Nuclear Power Plants Following Fukushima Accidents.
IAEA.
Barbaud, J., and Pouget-Abadie, X., E-mail: jean.barbaud@edf.fr.
2014.
"Improvements in Defense in Depth in French Nuclear Power Plants Following Fukushima Accidents."
IAEA.
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