Maximum Credible Accident

"Maximum Credible Accident" is a term from planning and constructing nuclear reactors. It refers to a worst-case scenario nuclear accident. Calculating the "maximum credible accident" is strategy for trying to avoid or, at least, cope with a Chernobyl.

The radio play, Maximum Credible Accident, based on a book of the same name by John Howlett, dramatizes the potential international political intrigue, posturing, and duplicity in the face of a serious nuclear accident at a fast breeder reactor in Tuscany (a fast breeder reactor is one which generates more fissile material than it consumes. The story carries an undercurrent of opposition to fast breeder reactors.

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Series description provided by Frank Bell.