Nuclear reactor safety

Abstract Reactor safety is an important issue, deserving of a complete treatment. However, a full treatment is beyond the scope and purpose of this book. But all nuclear engineers need to know what can happen when things go bad. There have been accidents in several research reactors and in three nuclear power reactors. Reactor dynamic characteristics played a major part in determining the way one of the nuclear power plant accidents unfolded. Several accident analysis computer codes have been developed and used for analyzing operating reactors and future reactors.