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Site-specific accident analysis for the Latina nuclear power reactor in Borgo Sabotino, Italy: Environmental, medical and economic consequences
Auteur | W.J. Davis |
Datum | 1987 |
Classificatie | 2.18.9.90/04 (ITALIË - REST INSTALLATIES) |
Opmerking | Report commissioned for the Italian Referendum on Nuclear Energy as part of energy policy analysis |
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Uit de publicatie:
II. INTRODUCTION This paper analyzes risks associated with the nuclear fuel cycle within Italy. In its broadest construal, the nuclear fuel cycle includes all steps in the production of nuclear energy, from the mining and milling of uranium to the long-term management of radioactive wastes. In the case of Italy, however, fabricated nuclear fuel is imported from foreign sources, and spent nuclear fuel is exported for reprocessing and long-term management Fresh fuel contains no fission products and is not especially radioactive. In contrast, spent nuclear fuel is highly radioactive, and its transportation can pose significant hazards. The chief risks to the people of Italy from the nuclear fuel cycle therefore arise from the operation of nuclear power reactors within Italy, and from the transportation of spent nuclear fuel removed from these reactors. This paper focuses on the former, namely the risk from accidents at nuclear power reactors. To assess the magnitude of this risk to the people of Italy, it is necessary to know both the consequences and probability of potential accident scenarios. Risk is then defined as the product of consequence and probability. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has developed a detailed quantitative methodology for assessing the consequences of a severe nuclear power reactor accident, or for that matter any accident involving the release and dispersion of radioactive materials. This methodology is widely accepted within the nuclear industry and in fact represents the basis of nuclear regulation within the U.S. The present paper relies upon this standard methodology to evaluate the consequences of an accident at the Latina nuclear reactor, located at Borgo Sabotino in the province of Latina, approximately 50 km south of Rome.
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