The role of structural materials in the vulnerability of nuclear power plants

Luigi Debarberis; Antonio Ballesteros; Alexander Kryukov; Milan Brumovsky; Kaisa Simola

The role of structural materials in the vulnerability of nuclear power plants

Luigi Debarberis, Antonio Ballesteros, Alexander Kryukov, Milan Brumovsky, Kaisa Simola

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

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Abstract

Recently questions and debates are appearing with regard to the vulnerability of the NPPs and their possible exposure to external threats; like for example terrorist attacks involving few individuals able to by-pass security and introducing small charges of explosive inside or near-by such containments. The role of the structural materials is in these situations very important for the safety of the NPP. The response of the structures is discussed and reviewed in this paper. Although the main focus is on structural integrity, the paper also discusses the overall risk assessment of terrorist attacks presenting the link between structural analyses and plant risk analysis.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Countering Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism
Editors	Samuel Apikyan, David Diamond
Place of Publication	Dordrecht
Publisher	Springer
Pages	121-133
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4020-4921-7
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4020-4897-5, 978-1-4020-4920-0
Publication status	Published - 2006
MoE publication type	D2 Article in professional manuals or guides or professional information systems or text book material

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Series	NATO Security through Sciences Series B: Physics and Biophysics
Volume	7
ISSN	1871-465X

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The role of structural materials in the vulnerability of nuclear power plants. / Debarberis, Luigi; Ballesteros, Antonio; Kryukov, Alexander et al.
Countering Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism. ed. / Samuel Apikyan; David Diamond. Dordrecht: Springer, 2006. p. 121-133 (NATO Security through Sciences Series B: Physics and Biophysics, Vol. 7).

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