A Method to Select Human–System Interfaces for Nuclear Power Plants

Countering Security Risks to Nuclear Power Plants

Between 1972 and 2007 altogether 17 major terror attacks or acts of sabotage have been carried against nuclear power plants (NPP). None of them resulted in an uncontrolled radioactive release. In order to reduce the security risk to NPP due to terrorists in the future, preemptive measures are necessary to identify their motivation, incentives, operational and logistical capabilities to implemen...

The Robots for Nuclear Power Plants

Nuclear energy becomes a major energy source worldwide even though the debating environmental and safety dispute. In order to cope with the issues related to the nuclear power plant, the uncertain human factors need to be minimized by automating the inspection and maintenance work done by human workers. The demands of robotic system in nuclear industry have been growing to ensure the safety of ...

Systems Design for Nuclear Power Plants

New Generation Nuclear Power Plants

− The radioactivity measurement techniques being developed within the EMRP “MetroFission” Joint Research Project (JRP) [1], are aimed at performing on-site activity measurements, by the development of a portable Triple to Double Coincidence Ratio (TDCR) system along with associated digital electronics. The TDCR standardisation method for beta-emitting radionuclides (e.g. H and Pu) produces an e...

A hypothesis to explain childhood cancers near nuclear power plants.

Over 60 epidemiological studies world-wide have examined cancer incidences in children near nuclear power plants (NPPs): most of them indicate leukemia increases. These include the 2008 KiKK study commissioned by the German Government which found relative risks (RR) of 1.6 in total cancers and 2.2 in leukemias among infants living within 5 km of all German NPPs. The KiKK study has retriggered t...