Nuclear Safety - 9780128183267

Nuclear SafetyAuthor(s): Gianni Petrangeli\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division, United States\nImprint: Butterworth-Heinemann Inc\nISBN-13: 9780128183267, 978-0128183267\nSynopsis\nThe second edition of Nuclear Safety provides the most up to date methods and data needed to evaluate the safety of nuclear facilities and related processes using risk-informed safety analysis, and provides readers with new techniques to assess the consequences of radioactive releases. Gianni Petrangeli provides applies his wealth of experience to expertly guide the reader through an analysis of nuclear safety aspects, and applications of various well-known cases. Since the first edition was published in 2006, the Fukishima 2011 inundation and accident has brought a big change in nuclear safety experience and perception. This new edition addresses lessons learned from the 2011 Fukishima accident, provides further examples of nuclear safety application and includes consideratis