Highlighting risks of nuclear power

Mitigation of Potential Environmental Risks of Space Nuclear Power Sources (NPS) Missions in International Law

Countering Security Risks to Nuclear Power Plants

Between 1972 and 2007 altogether 17 major terror attacks or acts of sabotage have been carried against nuclear power plants (NPP). None of them resulted in an uncontrolled radioactive release. In order to reduce the security risk to NPP due to terrorists in the future, preemptive measures are necessary to identify their motivation, incentives, operational and logistical capabilities to implemen...

Assessment of biological risks associated with nuclear power production.

securitization of mortality risks in life annuities

insurers have in the past few decades faced longevity risks - the risk that annuitants survive more than expected - and therefore need a new approach to manage this new risk. in this dissertation we survey methods that hedge longevity risks. these methods use securitization to manage risk, so using modern financial and insurance pricing models, especially wang transform and actuarial concepts, ...

RESPECTIVE RISKS OF DIFFERENT ENERGY SOURCES Health Risks Due to the Use of Nuclear Energy for Electric Power Generation

It is often said that the effects of ionizing radiation on man are mysterious and unpredictable. In fact, of all physical and chemical agents present in our environment, radiation is undoubtedly the best known. Roentgen discovered X-rays in 1895, and Becquerel natural radioactivity in 1896, and it was realized almost immediately that radiation had an effect on man. The first cancer caused by ra...