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A Primer on Nuclear Safety: 1.4 Complexity
Posted on July 01, 2008
1.4 ComplexityIf reactors are able to operate in unsafe conditions, there is an open invitation for an accident to happen. Light water reactors are complex systems. The one billion electric watts reactors so beloved by the civilian nuclear industry from the 1970 s onward, are large and very complex systems. Things can go wrong with them, go badly wrong due to seemingly minor design features involving secondary systems. Reactors ought to be built so that safety features prevent the operation of the reactor if safety systems are not functioning, and furthermore operators should not have ...
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