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Candidates for leadership provide statements: ANS Board of Directors
With the annual ANS election right around the corner, American Nuclear Society members will be going to the polls to vote for a vice president/president-elect, treasurer, and members-at-large for the Board of Directors. In January, Nuclear News published statements from candidates for vice president/president-elect and treasurer. This month, we are featuring statements from each nominee for the Board of Directors.
Michael J. Kolar, John R. McCarty, Nolan C. Olson
Nuclear Technology | Volume 36 | Number 1 | November 1977 | Pages 74-78
Radiation Environments in Nuclear Reactor Power Plant | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT77-A31960
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Safety-related equipment located inside the containment boundary of a pressurized water reactor must be qualified to withstand a radiation dose caused by a design-basis accident. Because of uncertainties in establishing the radiation dose, a margin of safety should be included. An analysis was performed of a core melt accident, a hypothetical accident, and a design-basis accident and a conclusion reached that a safety margin should be added to the loss-of-coolant accident dose.
