Cost-effective risk reduction

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dc.contributor.authorBicevskis, Aen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-21T12:09:37Zen_AU
dc.date.available2025-08-21T12:09:37Zen_AU
dc.date.issued1981-11-12en_AU
dc.date.statistics2025-07-18en_AU
dc.descriptionPhysical copy held by ANSTO Library at DDC: 612.46/78en_AU
dc.description.abstractA clear distinction must be made between individual and community decisions involving some risk factor. In developed industrial countries risks controlled by community decisions (for example, occupational risks) are, in general, two orders of magnitude smaller than risks associated with individual decisions (smoking, dietary habits and general life-style). Thus, any community decisions (in peacetime) have less bearing on expectation of life (this has increased by about 25 years to more than 70 years in Australia over the last 90 years). Nowadays the central issue in community decisions is cost-effectiveness or how to achieve the greatest reduction in all risks to the community for a given total diversion of resources from other socially desirable objectives (at the discretion of the society). To implement a cost-effective strategy, risks must be quantified and, dealing with existing activities, any additional resources channelled into activities with the lowest marginal or incremental cost per life-saved irrespective of absolute risk levels. In principle, no industry can be considered in isolation but community intervention is required, in the form of rules and regulations, to achieve a rational distribution of risk reduction resources. Although the basic principles are straightforward and a reasonable amount of risk data is already available cost-effectiveness is only slowly gaining ground as an aid to community decision making.en_AU
dc.identifier.booktitle3rd AINSE Engineering Conference, 12 - 13th November 1981, AINSE Theatre, Lucas Heights handbook: conference handbook(programme, abstracts and general information)en_AU
dc.identifier.citationBicevskis, A. (1981). Cost-effective risk reduction. Presentation to the 3rd AINSE Engineering Conference, 12-13th November 1981, AINSE Theatre, Lucas Heights. In 3rd AINSE Engineering Conference, 12 - 13th November 1981, AINSE Theatre, Lucas Heights handbook: conference handbook(programme, abstracts and general information), (pp. 38). Lucas Heights, Sydney: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering.en_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceenddate1981-11-13en_AU
dc.identifier.conferencename3rd AINSE Engineering Conferenceen_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceplaceLucas Heights, Sydneyen_AU
dc.identifier.conferencestartdate1981-11-12en_AU
dc.identifier.issn0725-7627en_AU
dc.identifier.pagination38en_AU
dc.identifier.placeofpublicationLucas Heights, New South Walesen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://apo.ansto.gov.au/handle/10238/16402en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherAustralian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineeringen_AU
dc.subjectPublic relationsen_AU
dc.subjectRadiation protectionen_AU
dc.subjectRisk assessmenten_AU
dc.subjectOccupational exposureen_AU
dc.subjectCost Effectiveness analysisen_AU
dc.subjectDosimetryen_AU
dc.titleCost-effective risk reductionen_AU
dc.title.alternativeForecasting nuclear fuel requirementsen_AU
dc.typeConference Abstracten_AU
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