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<strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Basic</strong> <strong>Professional</strong> <strong>Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>Course</strong> (BPTC) on Nuclear Safety<br />

3.6. MITIGATION OF RADIOLOGICAL<br />

CONSEQUENCES OF SIGNIFICANT RELEASE<br />

3.6.1. Introduction<br />

Application of the concept of defense‐<strong>in</strong>‐depth <strong>in</strong> design of a nuclear power plan can be<br />

viewed as <strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g five levels of defense aga<strong>in</strong>st excessive radiological consequences<br />

from an accident. These five levels of defense <strong>in</strong>clude:<br />

Prevention of abnormal operation and failures;<br />

Detection and control of deviations from normal operat<strong>in</strong>g conditions to prevent<br />

anticipated operational occurrences from escalat<strong>in</strong>g to accident conditions;<br />

Control of design basis accidents through eng<strong>in</strong>eered safety features to achieve<br />

stable and acceptable conditions follow<strong>in</strong>g such accidents;<br />

Control of severe accidents <strong>in</strong> which the design basis has been exceeded to protect<br />

the conta<strong>in</strong>ment or conf<strong>in</strong>ement functions, us<strong>in</strong>g design features and accident<br />

management techniques; and<br />

Mitigation of radiological consequences through on‐site and off‐site emergency<br />

procedures.<br />

The fifth level of defense, mitigation of radiological consequences, can be viewed as not<br />

be<strong>in</strong>g a part of design, because the measures taken are generic <strong>in</strong> their essential nature.<br />

However, one goal of some modern designs is to elim<strong>in</strong>ate the need for off‐site<br />

emergency plann<strong>in</strong>g by consider<strong>in</strong>g severe accidents <strong>in</strong> design and thereby “practically<br />

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