[en] Newest fire extinguishing media and methods developed during the last few years as replacements or alternatives to halons are reviewed in this study. No perfect replacement has been found yet but it is being looked for widely around the world. Even though the motivation of most of the research has been to replace halons, the use of which will be almost totally banned in the near future, the research has forwarded the development of all the areas of suppression technology. New suppression agents and methods have appeared in the market which - without the ban of halons - probably would never have been discovered. The whole basis of fire safety engineering has had to be reconsidered, and it may be concluded that many old but especially new extinguishing methods together with a modern fire detection system form an efficient fire protection system in almost any building and construction. (orig.) (13 refs., 4 tabs.)

[en] This article reviewed basic design against fire protection measures in nuclear power plants, need of these measures enhancement by the rule with the Chuetsu-Oki earthquake, and then major point of establishment and revision of private rule (design). Fire protection of nuclear power plants should be provided with well-balanced activities of design and management, where the design means fire prevention, fire detection and extinguishment, and mitigation of fire effects. After the Chuetsu-Oki earthquake, need of private fire brigade and information dissemination was stressed as management of fire protection. When a massive earthquake occurs, the design shall lower the possibilities of fire breakouts at the structures, systems, or components of higher safety importance. However the possibility of a fire occurrence shall be considered in the planning of fire protection. (T. Tanaka)

[en] This safety design guide establishes design requirements to ensure the radiological risk to the public due to fire is acceptable and operating personnel are adequately protected from the hazards of fires. This safety design guide also specifies the safety criteria for fire protection to be applied to mitigate fires and recommends the fire protection program to be established to initiate, coordinate and document the design activities associated with fire protection. The requirements for fire protection outlined in this safety design guide shall be satisfied in the design stage and the change status of the regulatory requirements, code and standards should be traced and incorporated into this safety design guide accordingly. 1 fig., (Author) .new

[en] In order to restrict the consequences of the spread of a fire on adjacent premises and on the environment, the fire must not damage the ventilation system. This is why every endeavour must be made to confine the fire from the intake to the outlet of this system. The study of the confinement measures will cover in succession each component part of the system, namely: air intake, blower filter, premises, ducting and extraction filters. The spread of the fire and the effects on ventilation are then examined

[en] The proposed design of a Magnox splitter debris storage drum for Trawsfynydd incorporates an in situ solid fire extinguishant Graphex CK23 on the debris surface. This is an interlamellar graphite residue compound that intumesces when heated to provide an air-restricting layer. Two series of fire tests with the extinguishant in place have been carried out on full sized drums containing unirradiated splitter debris, to demonstrate the effectiveness of the system. (author)

[en] Short communication

[en] The proceedings contain full texts of 17 contributions, out of which 14 fall within the INIS subject scope. The conference was divided into three sections, viz. fire prevention, fire detection and suppression, and fire modeling. (Z.M.)

[en] Fire prevention and protection at the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant in the USA is described. The two main ways in which nuclear facilities can be protected against fire are through passive design and employee response. How these are applied at Beaver Valley is outlined. However, fire protection is a multifaceted issue as can be seen from this article. (UK)

[en] Origin of fire cases are shown in this report. The new approach to structural scheme of the stand taking into account the provision of its fire safety was considered and the demands to fire safety of sodium stands were determined

[en] The IAEA Symposium on Fire Protection and Fire Fighting in Nuclear Installations covered a large scope in the field in order to provide the opportunity for screening all aspects of present technology, research and development, standardization, licensing and fire fighting practices. Although application to any nuclear facility was within its scope, the majority of presentations concerned nuclear power plants. The approach to fire protection is the classical one in all plant designs: reduction of fire loads, appropriate zoning, manual and automatic extinguishment. However, methods of analysis and consequence prediction are changing. Computerized fire modelling is becoming a powerful tool in this area; probabilistic analytical methods are being improved, though they are not yet used widely for fire hazards. Differences in opinion were revealed in the definition of barrier resistance, the prediction of cable insulation behaviour and the optimal design of extinguishing systems. Greater international co-operation, especially in these areas, may be a good way of optimizing results with limited resources. Discussion contributions showed interest in exchange of experience in more specialized topics and encouraged the IAEA to increase its activity in the area of fire protection. (orig.)