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  2. Loss-of-coolant accident - Wikipedia

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    The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011 occurred due to a loss-of-coolant accident. The circuits that provided electrical power to the coolant pumps failed causing a loss-of-core-cooling that was critical for the removal of residual decay heat which is produced even after active reactors are shut down and nuclear fission has ceased.

  3. Airborne particulate radioactivity monitoring - Wikipedia

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    Means shall be provided for monitoring the reactor containment atmosphere, spaces containing components for recirculation of loss-of-coolant accident fluids, effluent discharge paths, and the plant environs for radioactivity that may be released from normal operations, including anticipated operational occurrences, and from postulated accidents.

  4. Fukushima nuclear accident cleanup - Wikipedia

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    From that point active cooling was no longer needed, but water injection was still required due to large water leaks. [19] [20] Long-term plans for Units 5 and 6 have not been announced, "but they too may need to be decommissioned". [21] On 5 May 2011, workers entered reactor buildings for the first time since the accident. [22]

  5. Fukushima nuclear accident (Unit 1 Reactor) - Wikipedia

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    The flooded generators failed, cutting power to the critical pumps that must continuously circulate coolant water through the reactor core. While the government tried pumping fresh water into the core, it was already too late due to overheat. [5] In the hours and days that followed, Unit 1 experienced a full meltdown. [6] [7]

  6. Fukushima nuclear accident (Unit 2 Reactor) - Wikipedia

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    Initially the high pressure coolant injection (HPCI) system was primary cooling the core and at 15:00 operators activated the residual heat removal system main pump and the containment vessel spray pump at 15:07 to cool the suppression pool; all these systems failed following both AC power and DC power loss after the tsunami as the diesel ...

  7. Nuclear reactor safety system - Wikipedia

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    In the case of a loss of coolant accident (LOCA), the water-loss of the primary cooling system can be compensated with normal water pumped into the cooling circuit. On the other hand, the standby liquid control (SLC) system (SLCS) consists of a solution containing boric acid , which acts as a neutron poison and rapidly floods the core in case ...

  8. Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment - Wikipedia

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    In 1987, the plant was re-commissioned as LAIRD (Loss of Coolant Accident Investigation Rig Dounreay) a non-nuclear test rig, the only one of its kind in the world. LAIRD trials simulated loss of coolant accidents to prove the effectiveness of systems designed to protect the reactor in loss-of-coolant accidents.

  9. Passive nuclear safety - Wikipedia

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    Passive nuclear safety is a design approach for safety features, implemented in a nuclear reactor, that does not require any active intervention on the part of the operator or electrical/electronic feedback in order to bring the reactor to a safe shutdown state, in the event of a particular type of emergency (usually overheating resulting from a loss of coolant or loss of coolant flow).