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Site-specific accident analysis for the Latina nuclear power reactor in Borgo Sabotino, Italy: Environmental, medical and economic consequences

AuteurW.J. Davis
Datum1987
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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