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    Nuclear safety is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "The achievement of proper operating conditions, prevention of accidents...
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  • The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC; Korean: 원자력안전위원회; Hanja: 原子力安全委員會; RR: Wonjaryeok Anjeon Wiwonhoe) is one of the nuclear organizations...
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  • military application of nuclear science. NNSA maintains and enhances the safety, security, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile; works...
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  • An ongoing concern in the area of nuclear safety and security is the possibility that terrorist organizations may attack facilities possessing radioactive...
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    Foreman. The vulnerability of nuclear plants to deliberate attack is of concern in the area of nuclear safety and security. Nuclear power plants, civilian research...
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  • Passive nuclear safety is a design approach for safety features, implemented in a nuclear reactor, that does not require any active intervention on the...
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    the issues of nuclear safety; food security for Asian and African countries; Ukraine's energy infrastructure; the release of prisoners and the return of...
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    States military nuclear incident terminology Lists of nuclear reactors Nuclear safety and security Criticality accident List of hydroelectric power station...
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    International Nuclear Event Scale List of civilian nuclear accidents Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents Nuclear safety and security Nuclear power...
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    Nuclear safety in the United States is governed by federal regulations issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The NRC regulates all nuclear...
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  • A nuclear close call is an incident that might have led to at least one nuclear explosion, but did not. They can be split into intentional and unintentional...
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    oversee nuclear energy matters, oversight of nuclear medicine, and nuclear safety and security. The U.S. AEC became the Energy Research and Development...
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  • Nuclear law is the law related to the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology. Nuclear energy poses special risks to the health and safety of persons...
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  • Nuclear criticality safety is a field of nuclear engineering dedicated to the prevention of nuclear and radiation accidents resulting from an inadvertent...
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  • Laura Grego is an American physicist specializing in nuclear safety and security and space policy. She is a senior scientist at Union of Concerned Scientists...
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  • The three primary objectives of nuclear reactor safety systems as defined by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission are to shut down the reactor, maintain...
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    Long-term nuclear waste warning messages are communication attempts intended to deter human intrusion at nuclear waste repositories in the far future,...
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  • nuclear safety. KINS was established in February 1990, and supports the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission in technical aspects of nuclear safety...
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    Consolidated Nuclear Security is an American federal contractor that manages the Y-12 National Security Complex. Consolidated Nuclear Security is a joint...
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    existing facilities and future design. In the US the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulates the safety of the processing facility, and the United States...
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  • been a number of nuclear whistleblowers, often nuclear engineers, who have identified safety concerns about nuclear power and nuclear weapons production...
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    the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has become the center of an ongoing nuclear safety crisis, described by Ukraine as an act of nuclear terrorism by Russia...
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    Lydie Xuân Thuy Nguyen, is a French engineer and Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security at the IAEA since 2021. She is also the Deputy...
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  • The Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) was a semi-annual world summit, aimed at preventing nuclear terrorism around the globe. The first summit was held in...
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    The 2010 Nuclear Security Summit was a summit held in Washington, D.C., on April 12 and 13, 2010. The Summit focused on how to better safeguard weapons-grade...
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    national security missions, particularly; countering weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and public health and safety, including responses to nuclear reactor...
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  • by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to use radioactive materials must designate a Radiation Safety Officer in writing. The Radiation Safety Officer...
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    risk of human errors in nuclear plant operation. The nuclear power industry has improved the safety and performance of reactors, and has proposed new safer...
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    accidents in process plants Nuclear safety and security – Regulations for uses of radioactive materials Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents...
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  • Republic of Korea: Nuclear Safety and Security Commission Spain: Nuclear Safety Council (Spain) Sweden: Swedish Radiation Safety Authority United Kingdom:...
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