Naslov/Title:

CHERNOBYL - COULD IT HAPPEN HERE?

Narocnik/Ordered by:

UK - MCC for Central Electricity Generating Board

Producent/Produced by:

Leto/Year:

1986

Dolzina/Length:

14 min

Medij/Media:

VHS/PAL

Jezik/Language:

English

Povzetek/Abstract:

Following the accident at the Soviet nuclear power station at Chernobyl in April

1986, the CEGB produced this videofilm which has now been updated in the light

odf information provided by the Soviets at the IAEA Conference in Vienna. At this

conference it was made clear that the Chernobyl accident would have been

impossible in any nuclear reactor operational outside the USSR. This video explains,

why. It examines the main reasons for the failure of the reactor at Chernobyl and

the two fundamental design flaws which resulted in the sequence of events

leading up to the accident. It shows how British reactors have built-in protection to

compensate for failure in any part of the system, and how the reactors are tolerant

to operator error. The programme also explains the safety standards and

regulations which are enforced in CEGB nuclear power stations and the rigorous

training that reactor operators have to undergo.

Podrocje/Field:

Accidents

Opombe/Remarks: