Development and adoption of measures for increasing the safety of power-generating units of nuclear power plants with RBMK reactors in 1986-2005

• Published in: Atomic energy (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 100; no. 4; pp. 295 - 301
• Main Authors: VASILEVSKII, V. P, MIKHAILOV, M. N, PETROV, A. A, ROZHDESTVENSKII, M. I, CHERKASHOV, Yu. M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Springer 01.04.2006; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Control systems; Nuclear accidents & safety; Nuclear engineering; Nuclear power generation; Nuclear power plants; Nuclear reactor components; Nuclear reactors; Nuclear safety; Radioactive fallout; RBMK; Reactors; Reconstruction; Upgrading; Ukraine, Chernobyl; Russia, Kursk

The basic stages and directions of upgrading and reconstruction of the power-generating units of nuclear power plants with RBMK reactors over a period of 20 yr since the Chernobyl accident are reflected in this paper. The greatest amount of work was done in 1986-1990 on all units with RBMK-1000 and-...