Considerations in the Development of Safety Requirements for Innovative Reactors: Application to Modular High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors

By International Atomic Energy Agency

Describes a general approach for assessing the safety of the design of advanced and innovative reactors, and of reactors in general, including research reactors with characteristics that differ from those of light water reactors. A method is put forward for safety assessment that is based on the well established principle of defence in depth.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9201072031
• ISBN13: 9789201072030
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: International Atomic Energy Agency
• Length: 277 Pages