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Norvège et Russie: Coopération contre Confrontation

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Sûreté nucléaire

La sûreté nucléaire est l'ensemble des activités qui assurent le maintien de l'intégrité des mécanismes, processus, outils ou instruments mettant en œuvre de la matière radioactive, permettant de garantir l'absence d'effets dommageables sur les populations et l'environnement. Elle concerne en premier lieu l'industrie nucléaire. La sûreté nucléaire est distincte de la sécurité nucléaire, qui est l'ensemble des mesures relatives à la protection des matières nucléaires et autres sources radioactives, de leurs installations et de leur transport contre des actes malveillants.

Nuclear reactor safety system

The three primary objectives of nuclear reactor safety systems as defined by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission are to shut down the reactor, maintain it in a shutdown condition and prevent the release of radioactive material. A reactor protection system is designed to immediately terminate the nuclear reaction. By breaking the nuclear chain reaction, the source of heat is eliminated. Other systems can then be used to remove decay heat from the core. All nuclear plants have some form of reactor protection system.

Passive nuclear safety

Passive nuclear safety is a design approach for safety features, implemented in a nuclear reactor, that does not require any active intervention on the part of the operator or electrical/electronic feedback in order to bring the reactor to a safe shutdown state, in the event of a particular type of emergency (usually overheating resulting from a loss of coolant or loss of coolant flow).