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3.6. N UCLEAR P OWER P LANT R ESILIENCE
3.6.1. Introduction
Today, nuclear energy is used for the electricity production in 40
countries. In 10 countries the electricity production by nuclear power plants is
more than 50 %. This implies that the nuclear energy is an important energy
source in modern society. Since 1956, when the first nuclear power plant was
put in operation, nuclear energy has been promising source of energy to meet
future demand. In the years of high expectation the development of different
prototypes has open a new era of energy welfare.
The safety of nuclear reactor is an imminent problem of nuclear chain
reaction control. Nuclear reactor is controlled by delayed neutrons
representing only 2.1 % of total population of neutron produced in the fission
chain reactions. The major part of neutron population belongs to the so called
prompt neutron. Since prompt neutrons have a zero time between the neutron
generations, the number of fission chain reaction is almost infinite producing
enormous energy leading to the nuclear explosion. This brings the question if