CHAPTER 4: INTRODUCTION TO ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT

Introduction to accident management

After the presentation of the foundations of nuclear safety and NPP design and operation carried out in the previous chapters, this last chapter of Module 1 deals with the principles of accident management, based on both preventive and mitigatory measures, which guide the development of procedures and guidelines for accident management, within the broader programme of development of a Severe Accident Management programme for a given NPP. As such, this chapter introduces basic concepts which will be further developed in the Module 3.