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Formation and accumulation of hydrogen in rooms and equipment of atomic power plants with PWR and BWR is a process, which takes place both in normal and accidental regimes of operation. If no protective measures were not undertaken, an accident with combustion of hydrogen contained mixtures is possible. One of such accidents took place in Three Mile Island (TMI-2) atomic power plant in 1979. After this accident an interest to the problem of hydrogen safety of atomic power plants has elevated significantly. Many investigations have been executed in this research area (see, for example, [1-5]). The experimental and theoretical investigations were carried out also in All Russian Scientific Research Institute for Fire Protection. The main results of these investigations are presented in this paper.
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Shebeko, Y.N. (1999). Hydrogen Fire and Explosion Safety of Atomic Power Plants. In: Zarko, V.E., Weiser, V., Eisenreich, N., Vasil’ev, A.A. (eds) Prevention of Hazardous Fires and Explosions. NATO Science Series, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4712-5_11
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