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I have provided a list of references at the end of each chapter, however a complete chapter Additional references) is almost completely devoted to a list of some institutional references (i.e. those published by the IAEA, by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) which is one of the richest sources of publications among Regulatory Bodies). These additional references are labelled with the superscript AR. Many of these references can be consulted and even downloaded from the web sites listed in the Web sites chapter (see p. 425). 

ABSTRACT The analysis of events during the accident at Three Mile Island concluded that the accident was due to confused control room operators with inadequate instrumentation and inaccurate procedures. Therefore, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) called for improved nuclear reactor operator training and Emergency Operating Procedures (EOPs). 

As a result of the analysis of events during the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant (TMI, March 1979), the importance of human error in nuclear plants was better understood. The accident resulted from the confusion of the control room operators with inadequate instrumentation and inaccurate procedures. The most important factor was that they had to act in spite of the weaknesses in the training to respond to unexpected events. Therefore, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) called for the improvement of Emergency Operating Procedures (EOPs) and in nuclear reactor operator training. The philosophy of incident response implemented in the improved procedures was to take a symptom-based approach (operators foUow a series of yes - no questions to ensure that the reactor core remains covered and only then determine what was the cause of the problem) (USNRC, 2009). 

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USNRC. 1969. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Interpretations. Code of Federal Regulations. 10 CFR 8. 

USNRC. 1993f. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Annual limits on intake (ALIs) and derived air concentrations (DACs) of radionuclides for occupational exposure effluent concentrations concentrations for release to sewerage. Code of Federal Regulations. 10 CFR 20, Appendix B. 

USNRC United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission WANO World Association of Nuclear Operators... 

II-5] UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION, Health Effects Models for Nuclear Power Plant Accidents Consequence Analysis, Rep. NUREG/CR-4214, USNRC, Washington, DC (1989). 

In the past 20 years, several advanced versions of the LWR, collectively called advanced LWRs (ALWRs), have been designed, but only one type has been built the advanced boiling-water reactor (ABWR), which was built in Japan. These reactors are generally known today as Generation III reactors. Some of these designs have been certified as safe by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC), but no orders have materialized for them in the United States. New versions of light-water reactors are now under review for safety certification by the USNRC. 

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