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Assessment of Operational Risks and Hazards of the EPR when subject to Aircraft Crash
| Author | Large & Associates, Greenpeace Int. |
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6-01-3-52-02.pdf |
| Date | May 2006 |
| Classification | 6.01.3.52/02 (NUCLEAR SAFETY - REACTORS - NEW GENERATIONS - E.P.R.) |
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From the publication:
DEMARCHE DE DIMENSIONNEMENT DES OUVRAGES EPR
VIS-À-VIS DU
RISQUE LIE AUX CHUTES D’AVIONS CIVILS
(ASSESSMENT OF THE OPERATIONAL RISKS AND HAZARDS OF THE EPR WHEN SUBJECT TO AIRCRAFT CRASH)
BRIEF NOTE
CLIENT: GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL
REPORT REF NO R3150-AIRCRAFT IMPACT
REVISION NO APPROVED 1ST ISSUE PRESENT ISSUE
R2 17 May 2006 18 MAY 2006
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OPERATIONAL RISKS AND HAZARDS OF THE EPR WHEN SUBJECT TO AIRCRAFT CRASH
SUMMARY
This is a brief review of a confidential EdF document that has been leaked to the public domain in France.
The EdF document relates to the projected performance of the AREVA designed Generation III EPR reactor. The first
of this reactor type is presently being built at Olkiluoto in Finland and construction of a second EPR is expected to
commence shortly at the established nuclear power station site at Flamanville in France.
In or about 2003 it seems that EdF prepared a statement to the Direction Générale de la Sûreté Nucléaire et de la
Radioprotection in response to its request to demonstrate the safety of the EPR design against the deliberate crashing of a
large civil aircraft onto the nuclear island. The resulting EdF document endeavours to prove the ability of the plant to
withstand such attack and it claims to do so by comparing the footprint and time sequencing of the impact of a small
military (fighter) aircraft to that of a large, fully fuelled commercial airliner.
However, this leaked EdF document shows the claim to be flawed in a number of important