BRR 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, Dust Explosion
3 Sep 2018
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Energy and safety & energy and scientific literacy. Lecture 13 energy safety and human health: severe accidents that result in casualties happen in a number of energy production operations, oecd stands for the organization for economic co-operation and development. Due to less stringent safety regulations and weaker operation standards, the fatality rate in the non- U. s: in 2005, power plants emitted 53 tons of mercury were across the country. The rea(cid:272)tor"s si(cid:373)ple desig(cid:374) is suita(cid:271)le for use i(cid:374) large power plants and producing low-cost nuclear power: the water in the reactor core serves as a neutron quencher, which slows down the nuclear fission chain reaction. It also serves as a coolant to prevent the core from melting: if an accident occurs, and the control rods cannot be inserted properly, the excessive heat produced from the nuclear reaction will evaporate the water into steam.
