• DocumentCode
    1360011
  • Title

    Power/energy: TMI plus 2: Two years after the ordeal at Three Mile Island, a restructured, safer nuclear industry is envisaged

  • Author

    Lombardo, T.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Spectrum, New York, NY, USA
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1981
  • fDate
    4/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    28
  • Lastpage
    29
  • Abstract
    Presents the results of continued monitoring of the industry-wide changes that have taken place since the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor accident two years ago, on March 28, 1979. The author presents the findings in five sections: (i) Engineering changes: new and improved systems and hardware; (ii) The human side: training and tools to help the operator; (iii) Management attitudes and safety measures; (iv) Tougher nuclear Regulatory Commission; (v) Importance of computers in future plants.
  • Keywords
    accidents; fission reactor operation; fission reactor safety; nuclear engineering; accidents; fission reactor safety; nuclear industry; operation; Accidents; Coolants; Inductors; Industries; Monitoring; Regulators; Valves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.1981.6369472
  • Filename
    6369472