Description |
1 online resource (114 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Joint NDC/CRPPH expert group on the methodologies for assessing the economic consequences of nuclear reactor accidents -- Scope of the report -- Report organisation and structure -- Cost elements for consequence assessment models -- Definitions in the evaluation of economic consequences -- Boundaries and limitations of the estimation of economic consequences -- Cost of countermeasures -- Cost of radiation-induced health effects -- Indirect or secondary effects -- Perspectives of cost assessment -- Introduction: cost assessment perspectives -- Accident preparedness and management perspective -- Compensation perspective -- Power generation choice perspective -- Current models and codes for the assessment of economic consequences |
Summary |
For practical reasons, the consequences of nuclear reactor accidents are often measured in economic terms. Figures currently available, however, show significant discrepancies. For this reason, the NEA created an expert group to investigate the methodologies used in calculating the economic consequences of accidents, and the bases for such methodologies. Calculation methods were assessed according to three end uses: for compensation and liability purposes; for accident preparedness and management purposes; and for making electricity-generation choices. The group concluded that comparing numerical results is very difficult, even for estimates made from the same perspective, as they are strongly dependent on "boundary" conditions (such as the accident scenarios used, plant characteristics and amount of radioactive material released). This book provides a summary of the group's findings and will be of interest to decision makers, experts and accident-consequence modellers |
Notes |
"Nuclear Development and Radiation Protection." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-112) |
Notes |
Description based on print version record |
Subject |
Nuclear reactor accidents -- Economic aspects -- Computer simulation.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency.
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ISBN |
6610034222 |
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9264176586 |
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9786610034222 |
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9789264176584 |
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9789264181472 (e-book) |
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