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	Nuclear Energy Main Page
		Sandia works with DOE and the nuclear industry to develop and implement reactor safety features and aging management techniques and concepts that offer significant improvements.
		Areas of cooperation include code development and experimental work related to nuclear reactor safety and consequence assessments.
		The Nuclear Energy Technology program provides relevant and defensible technical information and effective approaches for making or supporting critical decisions concerning the safety and reliability of nuclear systems.
	www.sandia.gov /E&E/ne.html (368 words)

	Mepco Schlenk Engineering College Courses
		Boiling water reactors - radioactivity of steam system - direct cycle and dual cycle power plants- pressurized water reactors and pressurized heavy water reactors - fast breeder reactors and their role in power generation in the indian context - conversion and breeding - doubling time - liquid metal coolants - nuclear power plants in india.
		Safety design principles- engineered safety features- site related factors - safety related systems - heat transport systems - reactor control and protection system - fire protection system- quality assurance in plant components - operational safety - safety regulation process - public awareness and emergency preparedness.
		Unit V - WASTE CONTROL and USER SAFETY
	msec.missionreach.com /Courses/CourseDetail.php?id=41 (368 words)

	NEI Source Book: Fourth Edition (NEISB_4.4.A1)
		The team identified three safety issues in its analysis of the plant's reported events: actions by staff that were contrary to written instructions or were carried out in the absence of written instructions; problems in plant operation associated with the vigilance of personnel and the safety culture; and problems associated with instrumentation and control equipment.
		Paks' safety enhancement program was reviewed on the basis of the AGNES study recommendations, and new priorities have been established for implementing safety measures.
		Paks will use the reactor pressure vessel, steam generator and auxiliary equipment from the canceled Zarnowiec VVER-440 Model V213 nuclear plant in Poland in an IAEA training program scheduled to begin in 1996.
	www.insc.anl.gov /neisb/neisb4/NEISB_4.4.A1.html (368 words)

	Merlin General Corporation
		Merlin General designed, assembled and managed the first Canadian Nuclear Safety Section, during the startup of Darlington Station.
		The safety operating system was based upon the renowned International Safety Rating System (ISRS) complimented with the draft British Standard on Occupational Health and Safety.
		The newly formed Darlington safety section working with Station Management, the Ministry of Labor and the JHSC subsequently developed a high performance safety culture at Darlington.
	www.merlingeneral.ca /Projects/p-engineering/darlington2.html (368 words)

	Nuclear Radiation Links
		Nuclear Safety and Radiation Links All Nuclear activities in South Africa are controlled by the AEC whose aim is to provide nuclear services on a comercial basis.
		Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority - This is STUK Finland.
		The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA), a Federal Government agency charged with responsibility for protecting the health and safety of people, and the environment, from the harmful effects of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.
	fueltrac.nacintl.com /Links/Nuclear-Radiation.htm (368 words)

	INSC: Home Page
		The International Nuclear Safety Center (INSC), which operates under the guidance of the Director of International Nuclear Safety and Cooperation (NN-30) in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has the mission of improving nuclear power reactor safety worldwide.
		The INSC is dedicated to the goals of developing enhanced nuclear safety technology and promoting the open exchange of nuclear safety information among nations.
		INSC activities are currently focused on Soviet-designed nuclear power plants in Russia and Eastern Europe.
	www.insc.anl.gov (279 words)

	INSC: Home Page
		The International Nuclear Safety Center (INSC), which operates under the guidance of the Director of International Nuclear Safety and Cooperation (NN-30) in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has the mission of improving nuclear power reactor safety worldwide.
		The INSC is dedicated to the goals of developing enhanced nuclear safety technology and promoting the open exchange of nuclear safety information among nations.
		INSC activities are currently focused on Soviet-designed nuclear power plants in Russia and Eastern Europe.
	www.insc.anl.gov (279 words)

	[cdn-nucl-l] Nuclear research reactor declared safe to reopen
		A general safety investigation at the reactor - which also investigated the culture of safety at the plant - advised that it could reopen 22 March and continue operating until the summer of 2003, when a routine safety inspection would be held Pronk said the safety examination was in accord with the conclusions from Serco.
		Adam -------------- Nuclear reactor declared safe to reopen 21 March 2002 THE HAGUE - The medical nuclear reactor in Petten was deemed safe enough to resume operation, Environment Minister Pronk said on Wednesday night.
		But Greenpeace is still concerned over the reactor's safety and said the plant should only re-open when the entire management team resigned.
	mailman.mcmaster.ca /mailman/private/cdn-nucl-l/0203.gz/msg00089.html (279 words)

	News Watch
		On Dec. 14, 1937 Rabe, top representative of the Siemens Company, chairman of the International Committee of the Nanjing Safety Zone and group leader of the local Nazi branch, wrote about the scale of destruction.
		The statement appealed to major nuclear weapon states to abandon the policy of nuclear deterrence, drastically reduce nuclear stockpiles and conclude international agreements renouncing first-strike capabilities and committing them not to strike or threaten non-nuclear weapon states or nuclear-weapon free zones.
		According to the New York-based Alliance in Memory of Victims of the Nanjing Massacre, Rabe's diary of 2,117 pages contains hitherto unknown eyewitness accounts of Japanese atrocities during the siege of the Nationalist Chinese capital, which was later renamed Nanjing.
	humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk /NanjingMassacre/nmnwe96.html (16286 words)

	dataitem.asp?id=11580
		A statement of nuclear incidents at nuclear installations in Britain during the third quarter of 2001 is published today by the Health and Safety Executive (copy attached).
		To meet the requirements of the nuclear site licence, each of the two reactors at Heysham 1 is shutdown periodically to enable examination, inspection, maintenance or testing of safety related components that cannot be accessed when the reactor is operating.
		Specialist graphite inspectors from the HSEÆs Nuclear Installations Inspectorate carried out a detailed assessment of the revised core safety case, to ensure that the required safety functionality of the reactor core would be maintained for a further period of operation.
	www.hsedirect.com /search/SQL/dataitem.asp?id=11580 (16286 words)

	Nuclear Power Plants
		To achieve enhanced safety of operation of nuclear installations by providing guidance in the form of safety standards and guides, conducting safety evaluations of management processes, safety culture and safety performance, and offering assistance in improvement measures.
		Nuclear and radiation engineering division offers a variety of programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
		Nuclear and radiological engineering department provides its facts, faculty list, and history.
	www.edasolutions.com /PowerPlants/NuclearPowerPlants.htm (16286 words)

	Ireland and the United Kingdom Sign New Nuclear Issue Agreement And Announce Package Of Measures To Enhance Relationship On Nuclear Issue.
		To monitor developments abroad relating to nuclear installations and radiological safety in general; and to keep the Government informed of their implications for Ireland.
		A formal Arrangement for the Exchange of Information between the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) The Health and Safety Executive's Nuclear Installations Inspectorate is responsible for monitoring safety at the UK's civil nuclear sites and the RPII regarding the regulation of the safety of nuclear installations was renewed in May 2003.
		The UK's nuclear regulators invited the RPII to visit Sellafield to help it to evaluate the associated hazards in the context of emergency preparedness.
	www.environ.ie /DOEI/doeipub.nsf/wvInfoView/E4A1CAC881D8634B80256F660044F9F8?OpenDocument&Lang=en (16286 words)

	NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE AND WEAPON SURETY PROGRAM
		The criticality safety of a nuclear weapon shall be evaluated by the design agency to document the intrinsic safety of the design in both normal and abnormal environments.
		Some examples of positive measures are strong-link switches; other safety devices; administrative procedures and controls; general and specific nuclear explosive safety rules; design control of electrical equipment and mechanical tooling; and physical, electrical, and mechanical restraints incorporated in facilities and transport equipment.
		The nuclear energy released in the detonation of a nuclear explosive, measured in terms of the weight of TNT required to produce the same amount of energy release.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/usa/doctrine/doe/o452_1a.htm (3149 words)

	Environmental Health News: Archives
		The Salem nuclear plant is deficient in dozens of critical aspects and is being investigated over reports that employees were afraid to express safety concerns, according to a published report.
		Feds criticize PSEG on nuclear plant safety The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, citing a history of lax safety at the Salem nuclear facility, issued plant operators a scathing rebuke this week, giving them 30 days to draft sweeping changes in safety procedures.
		Groups seek nuclear leak data A year after radioactive waste on a worker's shoe led to the discovery of leaking tritium-contaminated water at the Salem/Hope Creek nuclear facility, environmentalists are calling for more information.
	www.environmentalhealthnews.org /archives.jsp?sm=fr9%3BrelatedTo56%3B0http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2004%2F12%2F12%2Fnyregion%2F12salem.html0%3B (3149 words)

	Nuclear Power - Conservation Policies - Sierra Club
		Events at Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant reaffirm the validity of the Sierra Club policy on the lack of safety in nuclear plants and in the nuclear fuel cycle.
		Resolution of the significant safety problems inherent in reactor operation, disposal of spent fuels, and possible diversion of nuclear materials capable of use in weapons manufacture.
		As a means of internalizing the cost incident to the use of nuclear power, the Sierra Club favors the repeal of the limited liability provisions of the Price-Anderson Act.
	www.sierraclub.org /policy/conservation/nuc-power.asp (644 words)

	RTE News - Chief Executive of British Nuclear Fuels to resign
		The chief executive of British Nuclear Fuels is to resign tomorrow, following recent revelations about safety breaches at Sellafield.
		It also accused the company of "systematic management failures" in the wake of the discovery that data relating to checks on the safety of a shipment of uranium and plutonium mixed oxide fuel to Japan had been falsified.
		John Taylor had initially said that he would stay on, despite admissions that safety checks on plutonium fuels had been fabricated.
	www.rte.ie /news/2000/0228/sellafield.html (644 words)

	Nuclear Decommissioning: 7 Apr 2003: Written answers (TheyWorkForYou.com)
		I understand the Health and Safety Executive is currently considering its resource requirements in the light of proposals for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
		Resourcing of the Health and Safety Executive's Nuclear Installations Inspectorate is a matter for the Health and Safety Commission and my right hon.
		Friend the Secretary of State has had no discussions with the Health and Safety Executive's Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations on this matter.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /wrans/?id=2003-04-07.107664.h (132 words)

	World Nuclear Association Nuclear Portal
		Czech State Office for Nuclear Safety (SUJB) - The SUJB is a regulatory body responsible for governmental administration and supervision in the fields of uses of nuclear energy and radiation and of radiation protection.
		International Nuclear Safety Centre (INSC) - Includes a database of safety related information including: power and research reactors worldwide; nuclear materials and their properties; forthcoming events; maps; weekly reports from the Centre and much other information.
		It is a volunteer organization whose membership comprises mainly retired engineers, scientists and researchers in nuclear reactor systems, technologies and safety.
	www.world-nuclear.org /portal/atoz.htm (132 words)

	Nuclear Clean Up - Regulatory Bodies
		HSE's Nuclear Installations Inspectorate is the licensing authority for nuclear installations and regulates the nuclear and radiological safety of all licensed nuclear sites in the UK, as well as industrial safety at some UK sites.
		In addition to the "nuclear" regulators, there are other regulators who impact on the industry.
		The Office for Civil Nuclear Security is responsible for regulating security arrangements at civil nuclear sites.
	www.consumer.gov.uk /nuclearcleanup/rf/rf-rb.htm (132 words)

	NTI: Country Overviews: Lithuania: Nuclear Facilities
		In a report released on 29 March 1999, the Western European Nuclear Regulators' Association reported that the lack of adequate reactor containment and the lower reliability of shutdown systems at the Ignalina nuclear power plant were fundamental weaknesses for which improvements in operational safety could not compensate.
		Staging strikes or protests at a nuclear plant, conducting nuclear activities without a state license or in violation of safety laws, or entering the territory of a nuclear plant would all likewise result in fines and/or imprisonment.
		Although Ignalina is to be shut down in 2005, Lithuania's national concept for energy development calls for the continued use of nuclear power.
	www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/Lithuania/Nuclear/5007_5184.html (7672 words)

	World Nuclear Association Information and Issue Briefs US Nuclear Power Industry
		An August 2005 survey of 1150 people living within 16 km of a nuclear power plant showed that 83% were in favour of nuclear energy, 76% were happy to see a further reactor built on their local site, and 88% were confident of that plant's safety.
		The US nuclear industry dramatically improved its safety and operational performance since the 1970s, and by 2002 was among world leaders, with average net capacity factor over 90% and all safety indicators exceeding targets.
		The Nuclear Management Company, a joint venture formed in 1999 by four Midwest utilities, was approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as a nuclear operating company.
	www.world-nuclear.org /info/inf41.htm (7070 words)

	NEI - July 2001
		We look at it from three viewpoints: the safety of the public and industrial safety; nuclear safety, which is the safe operation of the plant; and radiological safety, to minimize dose exposure for plant workers.
		It set me thinking about strides in general, and I couldn't help but recall when I was in college, working on my engineering degree, and a group always came to my house because we wrote all our research projects on a tiny word processor.
		I had a couple of internships—one with General Motors in Oklahoma City and one as an energy technician for the City of Wichita, where I did walkthroughs of homes and advised homeowners on ways to make their homes more energy efficient.
	www.nei.org /index.asp?catnum=3&catid=684 (7070 words)

	New Page 1
		PAC offers the services of safety and risk assessment personnel who are highly experienced and expert in the performance of safety assessments and the development or update of safety analysis reports for the commercial nuclear industry and government nuclear and high hazard facilities.
		Methods were developed to identify design and quality classifications and the safety-related function of each plant component so that proper work planning and procurement controls could be established.
		Our personnel are versed in the applicable standards, environmental considerations and NRC regulations governing power plant design and operations.
	www.projectassistance.net /risk_assessment.htm (7070 words)

	Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations
		220900 -- Nuclear Reactor Technology-- Reactor Safety ;210100 -- Power Reactors, Nonbreeding, Light-Water Moderated, Boiling Water Cooled; REACTOR SAFETY-- HUMAN FACTORS;SUSQUEHANNA-1 REACTOR-- REACTOR SAFETY;SUSQUEHANNA-2 REACTOR-- REACTOR SAFETY; CONCRETES;CONTROL ROOMS;DESIGN;EMERGENCY PLANS;PERFORMANCE;RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES;REACTOR CONTROL SYSTEMS;REACTOR INSTRUMENTATION;REACTOR OPERATORS;REVIEWS;ROBOTS;US NRC
		Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Supplement ; Vol/Issue: 59; 14.
		Human factors: Beyond the nuclear plant control room
	www.osti.gov /energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=5321929 (152 words)

	NRC: 2001 ACRS Letters - South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company Requests for Exemption to Exclude Certain Components from the Scope of Special Treatment Requirements Required by Regulations (Option 2)
		STPNOC justified this choice of increased failure rate through an analysis of component failure data for safety-and non-safety-related components using data from the Nuclear Plant Reliability Data System (NPRDS), the Equipment Performance Information Exchange (EPIX), and the Maintenance Rule and Reliability Information (MRRI) database.
		Safety-Related Versus Non-Safety-Related Equipment Failure Frequency Data Analysis for Nuclear Power Plants in the United States, Final Report, South Texas Project Electric Generating Station, STP Nuclear Operating Company, April 6, 2000.
		Letter dated January 18, 2000, from R. Gramm, NRC, to W. Cottle, STP Nuclear Operating Company, Subject: South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 - Request for Exemption to Exclude Certain Components from the Scope of Special Treatment Requirements Required by Regulations, Request for Additional Information.
	www.nrc.gov /reading-rm/doc-collections/acrs/letters/2001/4841950.html (152 words)

	Kansas Emergency Management
		The Act gave the Adjutant General the responsibility for managing the nuclear safety emergency preparedness fee fund to disburse funds to state agencies and local governments for financing the development, maintenance, and implementation of the plans and programs necessary for management of an incident at a nuclear facility.
		The nuclear safety emergency preparedness program was renamed the nuclear safety emergency management program, and the fee fund was renamed the nuclear safety emergency management fee fund.
		The Nuclear Emergency Fee program is designed to collect yearly fees from the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Station and Cooper Nuclear Station in Nebraska for emergency preparedness.
	www.accesskansas.org /kdem/hazards/nuclearfee_program.shtml (152 words)

	Weather: Storm poses little risk to nuclear plants
		However, Lochbaum cautioned that one hurricane-related risk facing a nuclear plant lies in the onsite diesel generators that are used for backup power in the event that the off-site electricity powering a shutdown reactor's safety systems is lost.
		David Lochbaum, a nuclear safety engineer for the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington, D.C., has been a frequent critic of the nuclear power industry and what he believes are its lax safety and security standards.
		Nuclear plants are typically built near oceans, rivers or lakes because they require immense quantities of water to cool a plant's reactor core to prevent a meltdown.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/09/04/Weather/Storm_poses_little_ri.shtml (655 words)

	Safety Last MetaFilter
		We've historically been bad at safety in nuclear facilities.
		Security procedures were called "a bit of a joke" by safety technician Ron Hanas, who was fired for blowing the whistle on the accounting loss of over 30 kg of weapons-grade plutonium, noting as an aside that a section of a uranium fuel rod was found in a worker's desk drawer.
		With their 2 million tonnes, all 440 world-wide operated nuclear power plants can be supplied for several decades - this is based on Nuclear's current 18% of electricity generation.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/42360 (2314 words)

	Nuclear regulators scold Salem County N-facility
		SALEM COUNTY - The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or NRC, citing a history of lax safety at the Salem nuclear facility, recently gave plant operators a scathing rebuke and 30 days to draft sweeping changes in safety procedures.
		Inquiries into the safety at Hope Creek and Salem began in 2003; the recent letter to the electric provider comes as an interim update on that probe.
		The NRC gave PSEG Nuclear 30 days to conduct an internal analysis and issue a public report.
	www.nukeworker.com /forum/index.php?topic=1409 (2314 words)

	NRC: News Release - Region I - 2005-030 - NRC to Discuss 2004 Performance Assessments for Salem and Hope Creek Nuclear Power Plants
		Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet with representatives of PSEG Nuclear, LLC, on Wednesday, June 8, to discuss the agency’s annual assessment of safety performance at the Salem and Hope Creek nuclear power plants.
		In addition, there will be a discussion of PSEG actions aimed at improving performance in several areas, including safety-conscious work environment, problem identification and resolution, procedural adherence and quality of engineering products.
		Before the session is adjourned, NRC staff will be available to answer questions from the public on the plants’ safety performance, as well as the agency’s role in ensuring safe operation of the facilities.
	www.nrc.gov /reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2005/05-030i.html (2314 words)

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