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Technical Briefing of nuclear safety aspects of the situation in Japan March 17 2011 James E. LyonsDirector Nuclear Installation Safety, IAEA
Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) 3/17/2011 Lyons, James Edward 2
BWR Design Features Fuel channels RPV upper  internal structures Large lower  plenum 3 Short Course on Level 2 PSA  (Section L2-3) October 2010
Key Plant Systems (Mark-I) 4
BWR Mark I - Containment 3/17/2011 Lyons, James Edward 5
BWR Mark I Containment 3/17/2011 Lyons, James Edward 9
Date : March 17  Time : 12:00 UTC

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Technical Briefing of nuclear safety aspects of the situation in Japan, 17 March 2011