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Reactor safety study. Summary report. Draft (WASH-1400) (1974)

Auteur	USAEC
Datum	augustus 1974
Classificatie	6.01.3.70/64 (VEILIGHEID - RISICO-ANALYSES & -BELEVING)
Opmerking	Zie ook 3.01.0.20/08
Voorkant

1. Introduction and Results

The Reactor Safety Study was sponsored by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission to 
estimate the public risks that could be involved in potential accidents in commercial 
nuclear power plants of the type now in use. It was performed under the independent 
direction of Professor Norman C. Rasmussen of the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology. The risks had to be estimated, rather than measured, because although 
there are about 50 such plants now operating, there have been no nuclear accidents 
to date. The methods used to develop these estimates are based on those developed 
by the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration in the last 10 years.

The objective of the study was to make a realistic estimate of these risks and to 
compare them with non-nuclear risks to which our society and its individuals are 
already exposed. This information will be of help in determining the future use 
of nuclear power as a source of electricity.

The basic conclusion of this study is that the risks to the public from potential 
accidents in nuclear power plants are very small.

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