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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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    States military nuclear incident terminology Lists of nuclear reactors Nuclear safety and security Criticality accident List of hydroelectric power station...
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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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    written on 22 October 1969 by Parker F. Jones, the supervisor of the nuclear weapons safety department at Sandia National Laboratories, reported that "one simple...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    Pennsylvania portal Energy portal Nuclear technology portal Exelon Nuclear reactor accidents in the United States Nuclear safety in the United States G4S Secure...
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    International Nuclear Event Scale List of civilian nuclear accidents Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents Nuclear safety Nuclear power Nuclear power...
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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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    Scram (redirect from Safety Cut Rope Ax Man)
    axe man or safety cut rope axe man. This was supposedly coined by Enrico Fermi when he oversaw the construction of the world's first nuclear reactor. The...
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  • accidents, see nuclear and radiation accidents. For other lists, see Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents. In listing military nuclear accidents...
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  • and in the media. Additionally, the Russian occupation of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has led to a crisis over the safety of the plant and the...
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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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    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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    Consolidated Nuclear Security is an American federal contractor that manages the Y-12 National Security Complex and the Pantex plant. Consolidated Nuclear Security...
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    Strategic Plans Division Force (category Nuclear safety and security)
    safeguarding and protecting of nuclear materials as well as providing security to nation's tactical and strategic nuclear weapons stockpile and the strategic...
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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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  • on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2014. "The Canadian Nuclear FAQ – Section D: Safety and Liability". www.nuclearfaq.ca. Mukhopadhyay, Sayanti; Hastak...
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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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  • Design-basis event (category Nuclear safety and security)
    structures, systems, and components, such that a nuclear power plant can withstand the event and not endanger the health or safety of the plant operators...
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    report". Reuters. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022. "Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards in Ukraine: 28 April - 5 September 2022" (PDF). IAEA...
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    Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant sarcophagus or Shelter Structure (Ukrainian: Об'єкт "Укриття") is a massive steel and concrete structure covering the nuclear reactor...
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    characteristics and attitudes in organizations and individuals which establishes that, as an overriding priority, nuclear plant safety issues receive the...
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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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    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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