Title :
What went wrong IV: The Browns Ferry incident: Seeking air leaks with a candle at the TVA´s nuclear power plant, a worker found much more
Abstract :
The candle flame that touched off the most severe fire in the history of US commercial nuclear power generation was being used by a plant worker to detect possible flaws in a feature designed to control the spread of fires. The incident is chronicled and lessons deduced from it are outlined.
Keywords :
fires; nuclear power stations; Browns Ferry; fire; nuclear power generation; Buildings; Cable TV; Cable insulation; Fires; Inductors; Standards; Valves;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.1976.6367549
