Civil Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
While the enveloping structures of the first nuclear power plants served only as
weather protection and the load-bearing framework for the technical components,
in course of time they also had to take the function of a barrier, especially from
external events. The requirements were developed further to what is referred as
inherent protection, which means that the outer shell of a containment must be
capable of preventing the penetration of a military aircraft according to the RSK
guidelines such that no relevant concrete spalling occurs on the interior side of the
structure. In addition to this, all resultant consequences such as induced vibrations
and fuel fires must be mastered with respect of the safety objective: the save
enclosure of the radioactive material. The constructive design of the outer reactor
containment is of great importance to achieve this.
References
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http://www.bfs.de/en/bfs/recht/rsh.html
2. BMI, Der Bundesminister des Inneren (1977) Sicherheitskriterien f¨r Kernkraftwerke.
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3. BMU (1981) RSK-Leitlinien f¨r Druckwasserreaktoren, 3rd edn. 14 October 1981
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