Immediately following the Fukushima accident of March 11, 2011, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission assembled a Near-Term Task Force to gather the lessons learned from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi accident. The Task Force compiled a set of “Recommendations for Enhancing Reactor Safety in the 21st Century.” The Recommendations were approved by the Commissioner and issued for […]

Following the 2011 tsunami and accident at Fukushima-Daiichi in Japan, the nuclear power industry has embarked on a significant effort to evaluate the effect of beyond-design-basis (BDB) events, particularly earthquakes, tsunamis, and floods, on the safety of nuclear power plants. What are BDBs? Beyond-design-basis (BDB) events (sometimes also labeled BDBE) are accident sequences that have […]