Reactor safety study
Subtitle: an assessment of accident risks in U.S. commercial nuclear power plants
By: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Contributors: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission; Rasmussen, Norman C.
Publisher: N.R.C.; National Technical Information Service
Published: 1975
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 13
Subjects: Nuclear reactor accidents; Nuclear reactors; Safety measures; Nuclear power plants
Other titles: Rasmussen report.
Notes: "WASH-1400."

"NUREG-75/014."

"PB-248 201-208."

Final report of a study originally sponsored by the Atomic Energy Commission; includes main report, executive summary and appendices I-XI. Norman C. Rasmussen, director of study.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Main report ; v. 2. Executive summary; title: v. 3. Appendix I: Accident definition and use of event trees; title: v. 4. Appendix II: Fault trees; title: v. 5-6. Appendix III-IV: Failure data; title: v. 7. Appendix V: Quantitative results of accident sequences; title: v. 8. Appendix VI: Calculation of reactor accident consequences; title: v. 9-12. Appendix VII-X: VII, Release of radioactivity in reactor accidents ; VIII, Physical processes in reactor meltdown accidents ; IX, Safety design rationale for nuclear power plants ; X, Design adequacy; title: v. 13. Appendix XI: Analysis of comments on the draft WASH-1400 report.