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Reactor Safety Goals

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This chapter describes the safety goals generally applied for the design, licensing, operation and decommissioning of nuclear power plants (NPPs).

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  1. Budapest, Hungary

    Mihály Makai

  2. Alkmaar, The Netherlands

    János Végh

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Makai, M., Végh, J. (2017). Reactor Safety Goals. In: Reactor Core Monitoring. Lecture Notes in Energy, vol 58. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54576-9_1

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