The Chernobyl Accident and its Implications for the United Kingdom: Watt Committee: report no 19 (Watt Committee Report No 19)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of the Chernobyl accident Working Group members . .......Page 3
Foreword......Page 6
Background......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
The design of the Chernobyl Unit 4 reactor......Page 22
Description of the Chernobyl accident......Page 32
The radioactive release from Chernobyl and its effects......Page 38
Accident management in the USSR and the United Kingdom......Page 48
United Kingdom and USSR reactor types......Page 60
Reactor operation and operator training in the United Kingdom......Page 74
International dimensions of the implications of the Chernobyl accident for the United Kingdom......Page 84
Comments, recommendations and conclusions . . . . . . . . .......Page 102
Glossary of terms . . . . . .......Page 114
Units of measurement . . . . .......Page 117
Summary of significant dates and timing relevant to the Chernobyl accident . .......Page 118
Nuclear safety in the Soviet Union From 'Nuclear Power in the Soviet Union' by B.A.Semenov;June 1983 International Atomic Energy Agency Bulletin (Vol. 25, No. 2) . . . . . .......Page 123
Chemical reaction aspects of the Chernobyl accident;Gilbert Walton, Jeffery Lewins and Norman Worley . . . . .......Page 125
The Chernobyl accident trial An article published in The Independent on 30 July 1987;Anthony Barber of Reuters......Page 127
Continuing radiation leakage from Chernobyl An article released by Reuters, Moscow, 4 December 1987 . . . . . .......Page 129
International aspects;Norman Worley . . . . . .......Page 130
The Nuclear Installations Inspectorate . .......Page 134
Energy casualties . . . . . .......Page 136
The Watt Committee on Energy: Objectives, Historical Background and Current Programme . . . .......Page 152
Member Institutions of The Watt Committee on Energy . . . . . . . . . . . .......Page 154
Watt Committee Reports . . . . . . .......Page 155
Index . . . . . . . . . . . .......Page 156