Environmental Engineering Reference
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development The sustainable development encompasses the economic, social,
and ecological perspectives of conservation and change. In correspondence
with the WCED, it is generally defined as
“development that meets the needs
of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet
their own needs.”
[4] This definition is based on the ethical imperative of
equity within and between generations. Moreover, apart from the meeting;
basic needs of all; sustainable development implies sustaining the natural life-
support systems on Earth, and extending to all the opportunity to satisfy their
aspirations for a better life. Hence, the sustainable development is more
precisely defined as 'a process of change in which the exploitation of
resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological
development, and institutional change are all harmony and enhance both
current and future potential to meet human needs and aspiration .
It was recognized that the complexity of sustainability concept imply the
need for the joint actions based on the multi-criteria assessment to provide a
framework for integrating economic, environmental and social interest into the
effective strategy. For the life support systems that have recognized the need
to embrace sustainable development the first step is to understand how to
implement it. Putting this concept into operation requires identifying practical
indicators of sustainability and understands how it can be measured over time
to determine if progress is made
3.6.3. Resilience of Nuclear Power Plant
Potential catastrophic events are immanent to the nuclear power plant
design. The catastrophic events are based on the probabilistic assessment of
the potential accidents leading to the dispersion of the radioactive material in
the distant area of the pant. Essential project tool for the assessment of
radioactive material dispersion is based on the Loss of Coolant Accident
evaluation. This tool comprise number of scenarios which may be leading to
the reactor core melt down and radioactive material dispersion. There are
number of indicators which are signals for the eventual core melt down
accident.
It is recognized that the nuclear power plant beside the catastrophic
accident is subject to the sudden change of of the vital parameters of the plant.
In this respect there are several potential parameters change which potentially
exposed to the sudden change of the indicators leading to the accidents or to
the resilience monitoring. With the resilience monitoring the nuclear power
