Global risk of radioactive fallout after major nuclear reactor accidents

Global risk of radioactive fallout after nuclear reactor accidents

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Risk in perspective: Radiation, reactor accidents, and radioactive waste

"If all the country's electricity were generated by nuclear power plants, the health risk would be equivalent to the risk faced by a regular smoker who smokes one extra cigarette every 10 years; or by an overweight person who increases his weight by 0.03 ounces; by crossing a street one extra time every 20 weeks; by increasing the national speed limit from 55 mph to 55.02; or by using a sub-com...

Accidents in a nuclear power reactor operation.

Nuclear Aerosol Behavior during Reactor Accidents

-Some early reactor accidents are recalled together with their associated environmental consequences. One such consequence is the generation of radioactive aerosol. We describe the various physical processes that such an aerosol cloud undergoes within the secondary containment building. These physical processes are then brought together quantitatively in a balance equation for the aerosol size ...

REACTOR: An Expert System for Diagnosis and Treatment of Nuclear Reactor Accidents

REACTOR is an expert system under development at EG&G Idaho, Inc., that will assist operators in the diagnosis and treatment of nuclear reactor accidents. This paper covers the background of the nuclear industry and why expert system technology may prove valuable in the reactor control room. Some of the basic features of the REACTOR system are discussed, and future plans for validation and eval...