How safe are reactor emergency cooling systems
The need to increase the nation's electrical energy resources during the coming decades will place heavy demands upon the nuclear power industry. Nuclear power plants, both old and new, must meet Atomic Energy Commission regulations, which include the requirement for an emergency‐core‐cooling system to control the damage that might result from a loss‐of‐coolant accident (a “LOCA”). In this article, we will discuss emergency provisions for such accidents, the development and verification of appropriate mathematical models for the processes involved, related experimental programs, and we will assess the progress of the AEC's program in these areas.