1987 - Volume 29, Issue 4 | by Bennett, L.L. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Power); Fischer, J. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Safety); Nechaev, A. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div
National and international efforts to improve the performance and safety of nuclear power plants were among a wide range of technical and economic issues addressed at the IAEA's International Conference on Nuclear Power Performance and Safety, which concluded in Vienna in early
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1987 - Volume 29, Issue 4 | by Franzen, F.L. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Safety)
Although the rate of new orders for nuclear power plants is down dramatically and fewer plants are under construction, the number connected to the grid has steadily increased. This has prompted a shift of emphasis in nuclear safety from the design and construction of plants to
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1987 - Volume 29, Issue 4 | by Ilyin, L.A.; Pavlovskij, O.A. (Ministry of Public Health, Moscow (USSR). Inst. of Biophysics)
As a result of the accident that occurred at 1:23 a.m. on 26 April 1986 at Unit 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a significant quantity of the radioactive materials accumulated in the reactor during its operation escaped from the plant. Because of the meteorological air
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1987 - Volume 29, Issue 4 | by Legasov, V.A. (Gosudarstvennyj Komitet po Ispol'zovaniyu Atomnoj Ehnergii SSSR, Moscow. Inst. Atomnoj Ehnergii)
In an article appearing in the USSR in 1987, Soviet Academician Valerij A. Legasov addressed issues of industrial and technological safety. This publication contains excerpts of that article
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1987 - Volume 29, Issue 4 | by Swaton, E.; Neboyan, V.; Lederman, L. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria))
In large and complex interactive systems, human error can contribute substantially to system failures. At nuclear power plants, operational experience demonstrates that human error accounts for a considerable proportion of safety-related incidents. However, experience also shows
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1987 - Volume 29, Issue 4 | by Novak, S.; Podest, M. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria))
Experience with large fossil-fired electrical generating units, as well as in all process industries, shows that plants begin to deteriorate with age after approximately 10 years of operation. Similar phenomena will prevail for nuclear plants, and it is reasonable to postulate
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1987 - Volume 29, Issue 4 | by Rosen, M. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Safety)
The mishandling of radioactive sources and equipment widely used in medicine, agriculture, industry, and research is by no means a rare event nor is it restricted to countries with limited nuclear applications or experience. In response to the increasing reports of significant
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1987 - Volume 29, Issue 4 | by Bennett, L.L. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Power)
In 1986 the Agency's Director General established a Senior Expert Group on Mechanisms to Assist Developing Countries in the Promotion and Planning of Nuclear Power Programmes. This group, which was comprised of 20 experts with extensive experience in the topics to be studied,
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1987 - Volume 29, Issue 4 | by Klein, P.D.; Klein, E.R. (Baylor Univ., Houston, TX (USA). Coll. of Medicine)
How many calories are used when a nursing mother feeds her infant? How much milk does an infant receive in one week? What is the impact of the environment on the energy needs of children? How adequately does dietary protein sustain the synthesis of body constituents? What types
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1987 - Volume 29, Issue 4 | by Snitwongse, P. (Department of Agriculture, Bangkok (Thailand). Agricultural Chemistry Div.); Lamm, C.G
In the early 1960s, the IAEA and FAO jointly initiated the first in a series of large-scale multi-faceted agricultural field projects using nuclear techniques in agricultural sciences. The first project, in Yugoslavia, served as a model for future ones in India, Brazil,
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