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LORCA EVENT [1 record]
Record 1 - external organization data 2004-03-05
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Nuclear Plant Safety
- Nuclear Fission Reactors
- Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- LORCA event 1, record 1, English, LORCA%20event
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- loss of reactivity control event 1, record 1, English, loss%20of%20reactivity%20control%20event
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The core response following the recent loss of Class IV events at Gentilly-2, 1995, and Point Lepreau, 1997, and the most recent LORCA [loss of reactivity control] events at CANDU 6 Cernavoda 1 (January, 2001) and Qinshan (September 2002), have shown significant limitations of current methods to appropriately predict the changes in reactivity. 1, record 1, English, - LORCA%20event
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Sûreté des centrales nucléaires
- Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
- Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- événement d'ACPR
1, record 1, French, %C3%A9v%C3%A9nement%20d%27ACPR
masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- événement d'absence de contrôle en cas de perte de réactivité 1, record 1, French, %C3%A9v%C3%A9nement%20d%27absence%20de%20contr%C3%B4le%20en%20cas%20de%20perte%20de%20r%C3%A9activit%C3%A9
masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La réponse du coeur suite aux accidents récents de perte de catégorie IV survenus à Gentilly-2, en 1995, et à Point Lepreau, en 1997, et aux événements plus récents d'ACPR [absence de contrôle en cas de perte de réactivité] au CANDU 6 Cernavoda 1 (janvier 2001) et de Qinshan (septembre 2002), indique que les méthodes actuelles de prévision des changements de réactivité comportent des lacunes. 1, record 1, French, - %C3%A9v%C3%A9nement%20d%27ACPR
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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