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Nuclear safety

reactor safety approach in which shutdown and heat removal rely on natural laws and stored energy rather than active components or operator action.

In nuclear safety, passive safety refers to reactor safety approach in which shutdown and heat removal rely on natural laws and stored energy rather than active components or operator action. This meaning comes from Forsberg (1990) in Annual Review of Energy and the Environment.[1]

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Forsberg, C. (1990). Advanced Reactors, Passive Safety, And Acceptance Of Nuclear Energy. Annual Review of Energy and the Environment, 15(1), 133-152. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.energy.15.1.133

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