Nuclear reactor safety - a review of the Rasmussen Report (WASH-1400).

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dc.contributor.authorGilbert, CPen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2007-11-22T04:29:59Zen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-30T04:39:57Zen_AU
dc.date.available2007-11-22T04:29:59Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-04-30T04:39:57Zen_AU
dc.date.issued1979-03en_AU
dc.description.abstractThe US reactor safety study (WASH-1400), often referred to as RSS or the Rasmussen Report, sets out to estimate the risk to which the public is exposed by the possibility of an accident in one of the first 100 nuclear power stations situated in the USA. This review briefly describes the methods used in RSS, and indicates how the results, and the comparisons which RSS makes between them and other accident statistics. Finally, the criticisms which have been levelled at RSS are assessed, and the conclusions of a very recent US Nuclear Regulatory Commission review are included in an appendix. RSS concludes that the risk due to reactor accidents is smaller than that associated with many other aspects of everyday life. While there are shortcomings in RSS, the author has little doubt that the above conclusion is valid.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationGilbert, C. P. (1979). Nuclear reactor safety : a review of the Rasmussen Report (WASH-1400) (AAEC/IP14). Lucas Heights, NSW: Australian Atomic Energy Commission.en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc771en_AU
dc.identifier.isbn0642596662en_AU
dc.identifier.otherAAEC-IP-14en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/761en_AU
dc.language.isoen_auen_AU
dc.publisherAustralian Atomic Energy Commissionen_AU
dc.subjectHazardsen_AU
dc.subjectReactor accidentsen_AU
dc.subjectReactor safetyen_AU
dc.subjectSafety analysisen_AU
dc.subjectFuel elementsen_AU
dc.titleNuclear reactor safety - a review of the Rasmussen Report (WASH-1400).en_AU
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