Fukushima Nuclear Accident

In Fukushima Nuclear Accident, you'll learn ...

• The sequence of events leading to the Fukushima nuclear accident.
• The key design characteristics of boiling water reactors (BWR) and their safety systems.
• The significance of emergency core cooling systems (ECCS) and backup power systems in maintaining reactor safety.
• Lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident and their implications for nuclear safety globally

Overview

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Credit: 4 CPD

Length: 69 pages

This course describes a nuclear accident that occurred on March 11, 2011, at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The initiating event was an earthquake that created a tsunami. The facility was fatally damaged due to events subsequent to the tsunami. This course explains the type of nuclear reactors in use at Fukushima Daiichi and provides a timeline of how the event progressed and the efforts expended to safely shutdown the reactors. This event had a worldwide impact on the nuclear power industry and several important lessons were learned from this disaster.

Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• The fundamental cause of the Fukushima nuclear disaster
• The type of nuclear reactors in use at Fukushima
• How a nuclear reaction is controlled
• The components of an ECCS system
• The progression of the accident
• Which radionuclides were released as a result of the accident
• How the public was impacted by the accident
• Lessons learned from this nuclear accident

Certificate of Completion

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 30 questions. CPD credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.