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The lradiological a consequences of the Chernobyl accident Proceedings of the first international conference

To ensure that the public health and safety are protected under any accident conditions in a Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR), many accidents are analyzed for their potential consequences. The SAS4A code system, described in this paper, provides such an analysis capability, including the ability to analyze low probability ...

The fundamental objective of the accident management program is to assure, in the event of a severe accident at a nuclear plant, that the effectiveness of personnel and equipment is maximized in preventing or mitigating the consequences of the accident. T...

Offsite response decision-making methods based on in-plant conditions are developed for use during severe reactor-accident situations. Dose projections are used to eliminate all LWR plant systems except the reactor core and the spent-fuel storage pool from consideration for immediate offsite emergency response during accident ...

An evaluation of the hazards, controls, and safety issues involved in the arrival and docking of LNG carriers and the transfer, storage, and vaporization operations ashore, analysis of alternative methodologies for risk quantification, and results of several recent risk assessment studies suggest that the probability of a large-scale accident involving the public is very small ...

The purpose of this report is to estimate the consequences of a Hanford reactor accident with emphasis on the effects at distant points. The potential effects in Canada are estimated as well as the consequences within the United States.

An exploratory sensitivity study with the MELCOR Accident Consequence Code System (MACCS) is presented. This study was performed to provide (1) an indication of the possible impact of consequence modeling uncertainties on the results of an integrated prob...

The results of medical examinations of the persons taking part in elimination of consequences of Chernobyl's disaster obtained by the specialists of Military-medical academy allowed to verify the conception of damage action of radiation and nonradiation complex of injury factors, to estimate well-information of stale and new biological indicators of ...

Reviews the literature on firearms accidents among young, poor, urban children. Evidence suggests that deciding to keep a gun for protection is a practical response to perceived living conditions. Reducing the consequences of risky gun behavior among poor families requires policies and programs that eliminate experiences associated ...

Accident Hazards, dangers, losses and risk are what we would to like to eliminate, minimize or avoid in industry. Modern industries have created many opportunities for these against which man's primitive instincts offer no protection. In today's complex industrial environment safety has become major preoccupation, especially after the ...

Jan 11, 2011 ... trajectories and potential reentry accidents and environments. .... Environmental Consequences of Potential Accidents ...

The development of two new probabilistic accident consequence codes, MACCS and COSYMA, was developed in 1990. These codes estimate the consequence from the accidental releases of radiological material from hypothesized accidents at nuclear installations. ...

The development of two new probabilistic accident consequence codes, MACCS and COSYMA, was completed in 1990. These codes estimate the consequence from the accidental releases of radiological material from hypothesized accidents at nuclear installations. ...

The development of two new probabilistic accident consequence codes, MACCS and COSYMA, was completed in 1990. These codes estimate the consequence from the accidental releases of radiological material from hypothesized accidents at nuclear installations. ...

The development of two new probabilistic accident consequence codes, MACCS and COSYMA, was developed in 1990. These codes estimate the consequence from the accidental releases of radiological material from hypothesized accidents at nuclear installations. ...

The MELCOR Accident Consequence Code System (MACCS) has been applied to the radiological consequence assessment of potential accidents from a non-reactor nuclear facility. MACCS has been used in a variety of applications to evaluate radiological dose and ...

This report contains technical information used to determine accident consequences for the Spent Nuclear Fuel Project safety documents. It does not determine accident consequences or describe specific accident scenarios, but instead provides generic information.

...mitigate the consequences of an accident; (ii) The equipment...relied on to prevent potential accidents or mitigate their consequences...relied on to prevent potential accidents or mitigate their consequences...evaluated in the Integrated Safety Analysis. (d) The ...

The consequences of an accidental beam loss in superconducting accelerators and colliders of the next generation range from the mundane to rather dramatic, i.e., from superconducting magnet quench, to overheating of critical components, to a total destruction of some units via explosion. Specific measures are required to minimize and eliminate such events ...

Results from previous space reactor and radioisotope power source risk assessments were combined to provide a scoping assessment of the possible risks from the launch of a reactor power system for use on the surface of the moon or Mars. It is assumed that future reactor power system launches would be subject to the same rigorous safety analysis and launch approval process as past nuclear payload ...

Results from previous space reactor and radioisotope power source risk assessments were combined to provide a scoping assessment of the possible risks from the launch of a reactor power system for use on the surface of the moon or Mars. It is assumed that future reactor power system launches would be subject to the same rigorous safety analysis and launch approval process as past nuclear payload ...

Effective planning for the management of severe accidents at nuclear power plants can produce both a reduction in the frequency of such accidents as well as the ability to mitigate their consequences if and when they should occur. This report provides an ...

After some indications on the Chernobylsk power plant and the characteristics of the RBMK series, the scenario of the accident is developed. The immediate consequences and the control of the accident are commented before concluding on more general lessons...

The hypothetical core disruptive accident in an LMFBR is discussed under the following main headings: reactor dynamics; mechanical consequences; and post- accident heat removal. 79 references. (DCC)

The impact on society of the Chernobyl accidents is assessed. The situation prior to Chernobyl with respect to regulations of radiation protection against the consequences of a major accident is considered. The development of the recommendations and regul...

In this report information about the nuclear accident at Chernobyl and the radioactivity burdening of Greece from the radioactive releases of the accident are presented. The main characteristics of the RBMK-1000 reactor and the flow pattern of the radioac...

The report describes the Chernobyl accident and its consequences for Denmark in particular. It was commissioned by the Secretary of State for the Environment. The event at the accident site, the release and dispersal of radioactive substances into the atm...

It summarizes the consequences in Sweden of the Chernobyl accident, describes the emergency response, the basis for decisions and countermeasures, the measurement strategies, the activity levels and doses and countermeasures and action levels used. Past a...

Fast Reactor Fuel Type and Reactor Safety Performance R. Wigeland , Idaho National Laboratory J. Cahalan, Argonne National Laboratory The sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor is currently being evaluated for the efficient transmutation of the highly-hazardous, long-lived, transuranic elements that are present in spent nuclear fuel. One of the fundamental choices that will be made is the selection of ...

This safety assessment (SA) addresses each of the required elements associated with the installation, operation, and removal of a rotary-mode core sampling (RMCS) device in flammable-gas single-shell tanks (SSTs). The RMCS operations are needed in order to retrieve waste samples from SSTs with hard layers of waste for which push-mode sampling is not adequate for sampling. In this SA, potential ...

This booklet is written to help the untrained accident investigator perform a type C'' accident investigation. It is designed to identify the philosophy of accident investigation, the steps involved, the potential problems in the investigation, and give instruction for completing the DOE 5484 X form. A hypothetical ...

This booklet is written to help the untrained accident investigator perform a type ``C`` accident investigation. It is designed to identify the philosophy of accident investigation, the steps involved, the potential problems in the investigation, and give instruction for completing the DOE 5484 X form. A hypothetical ...

An overview of the analysis of core-disruptive accidents is given. These analyses are for the purpose of understanding and predicting fast reactor behavior in severe low probability accident conditions, to establish the consequences of such conditions and to provide a basis for evaluating consequence limiting ...

This document quantifies the offsite radiological consequences of the bounding flammable gas accident for comparison with the 25 rem Evaluation Guideline established in DOE-STD-3009, Appendix A. The bounding flammable gas accident is a detonation in a sin...

At the fifth anniversary of the Chernobyl accident the initial situation at that time, the control of the consequences to Austria in the present light, as well as the knowledge gained from the accident and its consequences are described. A final estimate ...

A dynamic food-chain model and program, DYFOM-95, for predicting the radiological consequences of nuclear accident has been developed. Processes caused by accident release and which will make an impact on radionuclide concentration in the edible parts of ...

This report on the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant discusses the medical consequences of the accident to personnel and emergency forces exposed to high levels of radiation. Data is presented on the rdiation doses to populations surrounding t...

Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) conducts experimental work on the development of waste forms suitable for several types of spent fuel at its facility on the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) located 48 km West of Idaho Falls, ID. The objective of this paper is to compare the offsite radiological consequences of hypothetical ...

One of the most important uses of dose assessment models in response to accidents at nuclear facilities is to help provide guidance to emergency response managers for identifying, and mitigating, the consequences of an accident once the accident has been ...

The environmental consequences of an LMFBR accident involving breach of containment are so severe that such accidents must not be allowed to happen. Present methods for analyzing hypothetical core disruptive accidents like a loss of flow with failure to s...

Consistent methodology should be adopted in accident analyses sections of SARs. These accident sections should describe both consequence and risk from potential accidents that could occur in a facility being assessed. These analyses should consider three ...

This document supports the development and presentation of the following accident scenario in the TWRS Final Safety Analysis Report: Subsurface Leak Remaining Subsurface. The calculations needed to quantify the risk associated with this accident scenario are included within.

This document supports the development and presentation of the following accident scenario in the TWRS Final Safety Analysis Report: Subsurface Leak Remaining Subsurface. The calculations needed to quantify the risk associated with this accident scenario are included within.

This document supports the development and presentation of the following accident scenario in the TWRS Final Safety Analysis Report: Steam Intrusion from Interfacing Systems. The calculations needed to quantify the risk associated with this accident scenario are included within.

...2011-01-01 false Assessment of accidents. 76.85 Section 76.85 Energy...Safety § 76.85 Assessment of accidents. The Corporation shall perform an analysis of potential accidents and consequences to...

The literature was reviewed and accident data were analyzed to establish relations between automobile size and the frequency of occupant death and injury. On the assumption of four future scenarios for the size of automobiles, the consequences for car occupant deaths were calculated. The present effects of the 55 mph speed limit and results that may be ...

A statistical evaluation of 2,327 persons killed during or as a result of road accidents and post-mortem examined in the years 1964-1974 brought to light the fact that the actual number of those deceased was considerably higher than that quoted by official statistics. In this particular group there were 81 cases of people whose lives might have been saved provided they had ...

There are two phases in the postwhiplash syndrome. The first phase (following a sufficiently serious accident) is characterised by pain in the neck caused by soft tissue contusion. In this phase, an explanation and the advice to start moving the neck again gradually after a brief period of rest are sufficient. If this phase is followed by a transition to complaints that can no ...

The consequences of fuel melting and pin failures for a reactivity-insertion type accident in a sodium-cooled, pool-type reactor fueled with a metal alloy fuel were examined. The principal gas and vapor species released are shown to be Xe, Cs, and bond sodium contained within the fuel porosity. Condensation of sodium vapor as it expands into the upper ...

The joint USNRC/CEC consequence uncertainty study was chartered after the development of two new probabilistic accident consequence codes, MACCS in the U.S. and COSYMA in Europe. Both the USNRC and CEC had a vested interest in expanding the knowledge base...

In this report the consequences of the LOCA of the Greek Research Reactor on the Greek AEC's personnel are analyzed under conservative assumptions. This accident with very low possibility of appearance has nevertheless no trivial consequences and in order...

Consequences of nuclear fuel cycle facility accidents can be evaluated using aerosol release factors developed at Pacific Northwest Laboratory. These experimentally determined factors are compiled and consequence assessment methods are discussed. Release ...

The article analyzes ten-years experience (1986-1996) of the Armed Forces medical service participation in elimination of consequences of Chernobyl's disaster. The system of medical supply created soon after disaster (management and interaction, forces and means, peculiarities of sanitary-hygienic, antiepidemic, treatment-and-prophylactic supply) has been ...

This document analyzes aboveground tank failure accident scenarios for the Demonstration Bulk Vitrification system (DBVS). The radiological and toxicological consequences are determined for a range of aboveground tank failure accident scenarios to determine the representative accident for DBVS. Based on the ...

Elements of risk in reactor accidents are discussed. Estimates of the public risk from nuclear-power-plant accidents hinge on three important factors: (1) the probability of specific events occurring that could lead to an accident involving radiation release; (2) the quantity, type, and timing of release of radioactive material that ...

Pilot error which is cited as a cause or related factor in most rotorcraft accidents was examined. Pilot error related accidents in helicopters to identify areas in which new technology could reduce or eliminate the underlying causes of these human errors...

This report describes analyses of the response of a Pressurized-Water Reactor at the Zion Plant to hypothetical core-meltdown sequences. The analyses consider the progression of core meltdown, containment response, and consequences to the public for many specific accident sequences within the categories of Loss of Coolant Accidents ...

The Waste Receiving and Processing Facility Module 1 Auditable Safety Analysis analyzes postulated accidents and determines controls to prevent the accidents or mitigate the consequences.

This document provides the technical basis for the frequency of a tank bump and for the radiological and toxicological consequences of a tank boiling accident and associated hazardous conditions.

In the publication are summarized the basic results of the researches executed in 1997 in the framework of the 'Scientific maintenance of the decision of problems of the Chernobyl NPP accident consequences' of the State program of Republic of Belarus for ...

This report presents an analysis of the consequences and risks of accidents resulting from hazardous material transportation at the Savannah River Plant.

Dec 14, 2005 ... Like many high profile accidents, this collision was the consequence of a ... accidents, Collision, fatigue, Mir, piloting errors, Progress, ...

... Models for Nuclear Power Plant Accident Consequence ... and quantify the potential health effects of accidental ... from nuclear power plants have been ...

In this report the radioactive fallout on Greece from the Chernobyl nuclear accident is described. The flow pattern to Greece of the radioactive materials released, the measurements performed on environmental samples and samples of the food chain and some...

RBMK reactors (reactor control, protection systems, containment) and the nuclear power plant of Chernobyl are first presented. The scenario of the accident is given with a detailed chronology. The actions and consequences on the site are reviewed. This re...

...occurrences and accidents with existing systems and procedures intended to mitigate the release consequences, along with site characteristics, including meteorology, to evaluate the offsite radiological...

This book provides a comprehensive of the April 1986 Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident and its short and long-term effects in the fourteen years since the accident. Chapters include: cause and description of the accident; the Shelter constructed to contain the remains the destroyed reactor, radioactive wastes arising from the ...

This work, the first by native Ukrainian scientists and specialists, views the Chernobyl nuclear accident from the perspective of risk assessment. It describes the accident, the shelter constructed to contain the destroyed reactor, the sites used for disposal and storage of radioactive waste, the environmental contamination, and the effects of the ...

Scoping calculations have been performed examining the consequences of fuel melting and pin failures for a reactivity-insertion type accident in a sodium-cooled, pool-type reactor fueled with a metal alloy fuel. The principal gas and vapor species released are shown to be Xe, Cs,and bond sodium contained within the fuel porosity. Fuel vapor pressure is ...

This study analyzes the safety, technology, and economic impact of eliminating safety fuse from metal and nonmetal mines based on operation and manufacturer experience over the past 5 to 10 years. If safety fuse is eliminated, blasting accidents will decr...

Safety managers of hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) facilities must use a yardstick to estimate potential losses from accidents and convert accident risk into a quantified value. Quantitative risk assessment (QRA) is a yardstick that places numeric values on losses such as fatalities to employees and the public, interruption of business during ...

In the transport of radioactive material (RAM), e.g., spent nuclear fuel (SNF), stakeholders are generally most concerned about risks in high population density areas along transportation routes because of the perceived high consequences of potential accidents. The most significant portions of a transcontinental route and an alternative examined previously ...

The rapid growth in the size and complexity of commercial nuclear power plants in the 1970s spawned an interest in smaller, simpler designs that are inherently or intrinsically safe through the use of passive design features. Several designs were developed, but none were ever built, although some of their passive safety features were incorporated into large commercial plant designs that are being ...

A natural circulation boiling water reactor (BWR) with a rated capacity of 600 MW (electric) has been conceptually designed for small- and medium-sized light water reactors. The components and systems in the reactor are simplified by eliminating pumped recirculation systems and pumped emergency core cooling systems. Consequently, the volume of the reactor ...

The first edition of this journal is devoted to the policies and problems of siting nuclear power plants and the question of how far commercial reactors should be placed from urban areas. The article is divided into four major siting issues: policies, risk evaluation, accident consequences, and economic and physical constraints. One concern is how to treat ...

An assessment of the radiological consequences that would result for the population of Greece from postulated major nuclear accidents in the Kozloduy nuclear power station in Bulgaria is performed. Kozloduy lies at a distance of 225 km from the northern borders of Greece and contains six reactors, all of the Russian WWER type. The postulated ...

The 1999 accident at the Tokaimura nuclear fuel processing plant near Tokyo is the context for a student discussion on nuclear power and the consequences of a nuclear accident. The case covers issues ranging from chemical process safety to risk management

The 1999 accident at the Tokaimura nuclear fuel processing plant near Tokyo is the context for a student discussion on nuclear power and the consequences of a nuclear accident. The case covers issues ranging from chemical process safety to risk management of chemical industries to the ethical responsibilities of the chemical engineer.

Technical Basis Document for the Nuclear Criticality Representative Accident and Associate Represented Hazardous Conditions. Revision 2 of RPP-12371 provides accident consequence estimates for a hypothetical criticality event in an above grade facility (e...

An important goal of the US DOE reactor development program is to conceptualize advanced safety design features for a demonstration Sodium Fast Reactor (SFR). The treatment of severe accidents is one of the key safety issues in the design approach for adv...

The report presents the compilation of information obtained by various organizations regarding the accident (and the consequences of the accident) that occurred at Unit 4 of the nuclear power station at Chernobyl in the USSR on April 26, 1986. Each organi...

The report presents the compilation of information obtained by various organizations regarding the accident (and the consequences of the accident) that occurred at Unit 4 of the nuclear power station at Chernobyl in the USSR on April 26, 1986. Chapter 1 p...

This report addresses the potential LWR accident source term implication on accident evaluation assuming a change of the chemical form of iodine from elemental to cesium iodide. As a consequence, the escape of iodine to the environment and the risk to the...

Cheap and clean energy can be supplied with nuclear power plant whose accident probability is very low comparing with that of the other industrial facilities. However, the consequences of severe accident of nuclear power plant may result in a critical imp...

In the present report realistic estimations about the nuclear accident at Chernobyl and the radioactivity burdening of Greece from the radioactive releases of the accident are presented. Results of radioactivity measurements in Greece concerning the envir...

The assumptions, methods of analysis and results of the analysis of single tube accidents which have significant offsite radiological consequences are described. Those accidents described include: pressure tube flow blockage; fuel ejection; and pressure t...

...sequence of events leading to the accident or incident, to the extent...the consequences of a launch accident, launch incident, reentry accident, reentry incident, or other...adopt preventive measures for avoiding recurrence of the event....

...the event as either a launch accident or launch incident, and must...the consequences of a launch accident, launch incident or other...investigating the cause of a launch accident, launch incident or other...adopt preventive measures for avoiding recurrence of the event....

The author considered medical consequences of radiation accidents on Industrial Association "Mayak" (radioactive waste discharge into Techa river and accident in 1957). Results of longstanding observations helped to evaluate health state of people exposed to radiation and their descendants. PMID:16381478

The FORTRAN-IV computer code UFOMOD calculates the radiological consequences of reactor accidents for risk studies, namely early deaths, latent cancer deaths and genetic significant doses. Different models for the atmospheric transport and deposition, the...

A personal computer-based model, SMART, has been developed that uses an integral approach for calculating early offsite consequences from nuclear reactor accidents. The solution procedure uses simplified meteorology and involves direct analytic integratio...

SMART calculates early offsite consequences from nuclear reactor accidents. Once the air and ground concentrations of the radionuclide are estimated, the early dose to an individual is calculated via three pathways: cloudshine, short term groundshine, and inhalation.

This volume is the second of a two-volume document that summarizes a joint project conducted by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the European Commission to assess uncertainties in the MACCS and COSYMA probabilistic accident consequence codes. Thes...

This volume is the first of a two-volume document that summarizes a joint project conducted by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the European Commission to assess uncertainties in the MACCS and COSYMA probabilistic accident consequence codes. These...

Preliminary designs are described for models of the interaction of Zircaloy and hydrogen and the consequences of this interaction on the behavior of fuel rod cladding during severe accidents. The modeling of this interaction and its consequences involves ...

Department of Energy (DOE) accident analysis for establishing the required control sets for nuclear facility safety applies a series of simplifying, reasonably conservative assumptions regarding inputs and methodologies for quantifying dose consequences. ...

This document quantifies the offsite radiological consequence of the bounding waste transfer leak accident for comparison with the 2 5 rem Evaluation Guideline established in DOE-STD-3009, Appendix A. The bounding waste transfer leak accident is a large p...

This document quantifies the offsite radiological consequence of the bounding mixing of incompatible materials accident for comparison with the 25 rem Evaluation Guideline established in DOE-STD-3009, Appendix A. Conservative input parameters were applied...

Analysis of statistical medical data in Ukraine is presented. Medical consequences of Chernobyl accident and effectiveness of measures taken are evaluated. Principles of profilactics and treatment of diseases and recommendations on these problems are form...

A general temperate latitude cyclonic rainstorm model is presented which describes the effects of washout and runoff on consequences of atmospheric releases of radioactive material from potential nuclear reactor accidents. The model treats the temporal an...

This report presents the results of a project to develop a framework for making meaningful comparisons of the consequences from transportation accidents involving hazardous materials. The project was conducted in two phases. In Phase I, methods that could...

A preliminary model describing the effects of washout and runoff on the consequences of a nuclear reactor accident is presented. The most important new feature of this stratified model relative to the model in WASH-1400 is the spatial structure of rainsto...

The report presents the results of a nationwide survey which identified and quantified the economic consequences of automobile accidents and the sources and amounts of compsensation received by seriously injured or killed victims and their families. (Auth...

The objective of this report is to establish the radiological consequence analysis methodology for the postulated accidents which result in the radioactivity release to the ambient air. For this, reviewing were the methodology described in the Final Safet...

The environmental consequences and the probability of conceivable accidents occurring during the high level waste preparation (HLWP) phase of the Commercial Nuclear Waste Vitrification Project (CNWVP) were analyzed. The maximum environmental consequences ...

This report contains a critical review of Jan Beyea's report: A study of some of the consequences of hypothetical reactor accidents at Barsebaeck (Princeton University, January 1978). Unreasonable assumptions concerning dry deposition, plume rise, meteoro...

The consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear accident from an Irish perspective was the focus of a conference organized by the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland to mark the tenth anniversary of the accident. The health consequences of Chernobyl we...

Calculation notes used to derive radiological/toxicological consequences resulting from selected accident scenarios. This document supports the environmental assessment for sludge storage at T Plant

Amongst the severe accidents with nuclear power plants, a number of scenarios are theoretically possible. These scenarios lead to more or less serious consequences for the environment. Characteristics for the category of accidents was the early breakdown ...

In this report, the author analyses the interventions of Sovietic Authorities and show what the crisis management have made to limit, in large proportions, the consequences of the accident. (ERA citation 13:018269)

...mitigate the consequences of accidents which could result in potential...mitigate the consequences of accidents which could result in potential...safety-related design, analysis, inspection, testing...or construction means the analysis, design,...

This document assesses the potential environmental consequences from the construction and operation of a new Fuel Production Facility (FPF) at the Savannah River Plant (SRP), Aiken, SC. The new FPF is to be constructed in H-Area to provide for SRP recycling of uranium and eliminate shipments of liquid uranyl nitrate between SRP and Oak Ridge, Tennessee. ...

...to consequences and activities which extend beyond the boundaries of any fixed nuclear facility with a potential for serious consequences and the area affected by a transportation accident involving radioactive...

Consistent methodology should be adopted in accident analyses sections of SARs. These accident sections should describe both consequence and risk from potential accidents that could occur in a facility being assessed. These analyses should consider three general classes of accidents; they are ...

The author of this article discusses the world's most serious nuclear accident to date: the Chernobyl nuclear accident of April 1986. His major focus is on the short-term medical consequences of the accident, including reduction of exposure to persons at risk, evaluation of persons potentially affected, dosimetry, ...

The biological age (BA) of the majority of the liquidators of the consequences of the radiation accidents in the Navy and of the liquidators of the Chernobyl' APS accident exceeds the medium standard and the DBA (due BA). The index of the BA can be a characteristic of the influence of the social-hygienic factors on the health condition ...

... in the following areas: health effects of exposure to radiation, possible consequences resulting from accidents, and nuclear nonproliferation. ...

... Abstract : This thesis examines the 1986 Chernobyl accident and its consequences as the basis for an analysis of the possible dimensions of the ...

This paper is concerned with the application of severe-accident codes to develop improved accident mitigation strategies for nuclear power plants employing boiling water reactors (BWRs). Specifically, the results of analyses using the APRIL.MOD3X code are presented for typical station blackout accidents. Issues discussed include the ...

The question of safety in regard to criticality accident risks has two aspects: prevention of the cause and limitation of the consequences. These two aspects are closely connected. The effort devoted to prevention of the causes depends on the seriousness ...

This project reviewed the literature on the economic consequences of accidents to determine the availability of assessment methods and data and their applicability to the high-level radioactive waste (HLW) disposal system before closure; determined needs for expansion, revision, or adaptation of methods and data for modeling economic ...

Radiological and toxicological consequences are calculated for 4 postulated accidents involving the Waste Feed Delivery (WFD) diluent addition systems. Consequences for the onsite and offsite receptor are calculated. This analysis contains technical information used to determine the accident ...

This book is the story of the TMI accident told by those who were there; the scientists and engineers at the utility operating the reactor and at the national laboratories that analyzed the accident. The first section describes the accident; the second focuses on the chemical aspects involved; and the third examines the strategy and ...