Ignalina Handbook

Table of Contents

• Abstract

• List of Figures

• List of Tables

• List of Appendixes

• List of Abbreviations

• Acknowledgments

• 1. Brief Description of the Plant
  • 1.1 Site Structure
    • 1.1.1 Population and Nearby Industrial Surroundings
    • 1.1.2 Meteorology
    • 1.1.3 Site
  • 1.2 RBMK Generations and Main Processes
  • 1.3 Main Features of the RBMK-1500 Reactor
  • 1.4 Operating Organization
  • 1.5 Safety Upgrading Program

• 2. Design Basis Accidents

• 3. Main Safety Functions and Systems
  • 3.1 Control and Protection System
  • 3.2 Emergency Core Cooling System
  • 3.3 Emergency Feedwater System
  • 3.4 Accident Confinement System
  • 3.5 Pressure Relief System
  • 3.6 Reactor Cavity Overpressure Protection System

• 4. Accident Scenarios, Source Terms and Environmental Consequences
  • 4.1 Source Term Concepts: Overview and Readers Guide to this Chapter
  • 4.2 Introduction to Accident Scenarios and Source Terms
  • 4.3 Source Terms
    • 4.3.1 Rule of thumb
    • 4.3.2 The Formalism s=eŚL
  • 4.4 Accident Scenarios
    • 4.4.1 Sequences and scenarios
    • 4.4.2 Scenario map
  • 4.5 Plant and Core States
    • 4.5.1 Plant States and Core States
    • 4.5.2 Containment States
    • 4.5.3 Source Term Data and Formalism
    • 4.5.4 Three Mile Island and Chernobyl
  • 4.6 Uncertainties
  • 4.7 Restrictions
  • 4.8 Dose Calculation: Environmental Consequences
  • 4.9 Summary

• 5. Accident Management on Site
  • 5.1 Handling of Deviations, Incidents and Accidents
  • 5.2 Alarm Criteria
  • 5.3 Alarming and Notification
  • 5.4 Principles for Recovering of Safety
    • 5.4.1 Types of Radiation Accidents
    • 5.4.2 Technical Priorities for Recovering Reactor Safety
    • 5.4.3 Measures to Protect Vital Equipment and Buildings
    • 5.4.4 Measures to Protect Plant Personnel
  • 5.5 On-site Emergency Response Organization

• 6. Emergency Preparedness Organization and Principles for Protection of the Public
  • 6.1 In the Visaginas Region
  • 6.2 In Lithuania
    • 6.2.1 Legal Basis and Responsibilities of Different Institutions
    • 6.2.2 Criteria for Radiation Protection of Inhabitants
    • 6.2.3 Emergency Management
    • 6.2.4 Notification and Information System
    • 6.2.5 Measures for Radiation Safety
    • 6.2.6 Radiation Monitoring System
    • 6.2.7 Radiation Surveillance
    • 6.2.8 Evacuation
  • 6.3 In Latvia
    • 6.3.1 Legal Basis and Responsibilities of Different Institutions
    • 6.3.2 Criteria for Radiation Protection of Inhabitants
    • 6.3.3 Emergency Management
  • 6.4 In Estonia
    • 6.4.1 Legal Basis and Responsibilities of Different Institutions
    • 6.4.2 Emergency Management

• References

• Appendixes