A study of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident process: what caused the core melt and hydrogen explosion?
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Why I Decided to Write This Book -- Contents -- Part I: What Caused the Core Melt and Hydrogen Explosion? -- Chapter 1: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Station Accident -- 1.1 Shape of the Molten Core -- 1.2 TMI Reactor's Performance During the Accident -- 1.3 Fuel Behavior Test Simulating Power Cooling Mismatch Accident (PCM-1) at Power Burst Facility (PBF) -- 1.4 Zircaloy Oxidation and Fuel Rod Behavior -- 1.5 Core Melt Process of TMI Accident -- 1.6 Settlement of TMI Accident -- 1.7 Conclusion from TMI Accident -- 1.8 Influences and Excursuses of the TMI Accident -- Appendices -- Appendix 1.1 -- Appendix 1.2 -- Ball-Park Calculation on the 5.5 MPa Pressure Rise -- References -- Chapter 2: Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1, 2 and 3 Accidents -- 2.1 Outline of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station -- 2.2 Initiation of the Accidents - Earthquake and Tsunami -- 2.3 Outline of the Accident -- 2.4 Case of Unit 1 -- 2.4.1 Isolation Condenser (IC) Problem -- 2.4.2 Fuel Temperature Rise -- 2.5 Case of Unit 2 -- 2.5.1 Reactor Core Isolation Cooling System (RCIC) -- 2.5.2 Sea Water Injection and Core Melt -- 2.5.3 Hydrogen Gas Generation and Radioactive Release -- 2.5.4 Section Conclusion -- 2.6 Case of Unit 3 -- 2.6.1 Operating Period of RCIC and HPCI (① 4 p.m. on March 11-2:42 a.m. on March 13) -- 2.6.1.1 Operating Period of RCIC (4 p.m. on March 11 - Around Noon on March 12) -- 2.6.1.2 Operating Period of HPCI (Around Noon on March 12-2:42 a.m. on March 13) -- 2.6.2 Core Temperature Rise After HPCI Stoppage (② 2:42 a.m. on March 13-9:08 a.m. on March 13) -- 2.6.2.1 Reactor Pressure Drop -- 2.6.2.2 After Effects of the HPCI Pump Stoppage -- 2.6.3 Start of Core Collapse (③ 9:08 a.m. - 0:20 p.m.) -- 2.6.4 Sea Water Injection and Core Melt (④ Approximately 22 h from 0:20 p.m. on March 13 Through 11 a.m. on March 14).