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Risks, Nuclear safety, and the Ontario Nuclear Safety Review (1987)

Auteur	Norman Rubin
Datum	september 1987
Classificatie	3.02.9.90/06 (CANADA - REACTOREN)
Voorkant

Risks, Nuclear Safety, and the Ontario Nuclear Safety Review

Introduction

In this, the fourth and last of Energy Probe's formal submissions to the Ontario 
Nuclear Safety Review, we present some observations on "Economic consequences 
and liability of severe nuclear accidents", a discussion of the relationship between 
low-consequence reactor accidents and catastrophes, and some general observations 
on past Ontario tribunals on reactor safety, and on the challenge facing the ONSR 
process.

Executive Summary

Economic consequences of severe nuclear accidents

We are pleased that the Ontario Nuclear Safety Review has reportedly contracted for 
a run of the computer model CRAC2 (Calculation of Reactor Accident Consequences, 
the second generation) to predict the consequences of a severe radiation release at 
Pickering and/or Bruce.

Whatever else the computer models may indicate, a "worst-case scenario" would 
clearly involve consequences that would greatly exceed the total liability (i.e., $75 
million) of the risk-makers, leaving victims at the mercy of government agencies, 
federal Parliament, charitable organizations, family, and friends for whatever 
emergency assistance they were able and willing to provide. We believe that 
situation is unfortunate, and are offended by the fact that it is the result not of 
accident, but of explicit (federal) government action – specifically the passage
and proclamation of Nuclear Liability Act.

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