ICTP COLLOQUIUM
16:30,
Friday, 1 July 2011
Main Lecture Hall, Leonardo
Building, ICTP
International
Atomic Energy Agency
Overview of Fukushima
Nuclear Accident and Lessons
Learned
Abstract
This lecture summarizes
the nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi
Nuclear Power Station which was caused by the big earthquake and the
subsequent
tsunami in Japan, 11 March 2011. The focus is on external and internal
events
which happened in the plant and the lessons we should learn from this
accident.
At first, fundamentals of
nuclear engineering and BWR systems will be
explained for those who are not familiar with the nuclear technology.
Based on
the basic knowledge, the event sequence of each reactor unit will be
traced,
from which lessons learned will be discussed. Finally, the current
status and
recovering plans will be introduced.
The lecture is intended
to provide validated information on the accident
as widely as possible. So it is presented not only for nuclear experts
but for
non-experts who are interested in what happened in Fukushima.
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