CHAPTER 3: Essentials of NPP design and operation
Essentials of NPP design and operation
This chapter provides the basic concepts of NPP design and operation which are necessary for the reader in order to approach Module 3 and Module 4 related to the development of Severe Accident Management Guidelines.
Essential steps undertaken for the design (identification and grouping of postulated initiating events, definition of acceptance criteria for the different plant states, rationale guiding the classification of structures, systems and components) and operation of a NPP are introduced.
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