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Documents dealing with nuclear safety (1978)

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Datum1978
Classificatie 6.01.3.10/38 (VEILIGHEID - REACTOREN - ALGEMEEN)
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December 18, 1978
G. Edwards

NUCLEAR SAFETY IN A CANADIAN SETTING:
WHAT’S THE FUSS ALL ABOUT?

INTRODUCTION

Under normal operation, a nuclear reactor is very safe. However, under extreme 
emergency conditions, a reactor can release enormous quantities of radioactive 
substances into the environment.

People who lack scientific training often feel that the issues surrounding the subject 
of nuclear safety are too complex for a lay person to understand. This is not true. 
Most of the important scientific facts are relatively easy to understand, and are not 
matters of dispute between those who favour nuclear power and those who do not. 
Disagreement arises mainly over three questions:

1) What is the likelihood of a major nuclear accident?

2) Bow does one decide on what is an acceptable risk?

3) Are existing standards adequate to provide a reasonable degree
of public protection?

The accompanying text is intended to serve as a brief introduction to the subject 
of nuclear safety in Canada as it relates to five internal safety documents which 
were leaked to the CCNR in May 1978.

Also included are excerpts from a letter to Dr. Arthur Porter, Chairman of the 
Royal Commission on Electric Power Planning (June 7, 1978) and copies of the 
five internal safety documents, with explanatory notes.

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