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- Presents a detailed insight into nuclear power induced disaster management process
- Highlights statistical associations and estimations of radiation doses
- Details the problems and priorities of nuclear power induced disaster management
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Managing nuclear power emergencies is significantly different from managing other types of emergencies, including fire, flood, and other disasters because nuclear disaster management requires special technical skills and a rigid protocol which outlines detailed steps and procedure before an evacuation announcement could be made. It was evident that the impacts from a nuclear power core-meltdown accident were immerse, irreversible, and inevitable, as evident by evaluating the three historic core-meltdown accidents, namely Three Mile Island in 1997, Chernobyl in 1986, and Fukushima Daiichi in 2011. The three options for minimizing the risks associated with NPPs are suggesting elimination of all NPPs in operation in the United States, transforming inevitable risks to evitable risks, and transforming the current radiological plan into an effective emergency management plan. Being the latter option is the only viable one, this book provides a comprehensive understanding on effectively managing nuclear power emergencies in the U.S.
The book presents detailed analysis on effectively managing nuclear power emergencies. In an attempt to illustrate minimizing the risks, factual answers to the key questions surrounding managing nuclear disasters are outlined. What are the risks associated with the nuclear power plants (NPP)? What are the problems associated with managing nuclear power core-meltdown accidents in the three historic accidents? Where are the geographical locations of the 99 commercial reactors in the U.S? Who are those exposed to potential risks associated with the NPPs? How could a projection of radioactive plume dispersion pathway be carried out using a spatial computer code, such as the Radiological Assessment Systems for Consequence Analysis (RASCAL) in case of a core-meltdown accident? Where would the radioactive plume go given weather conditions? Who are more likely to be exposed to the high level radiation dose during the core-meltdown accident? What are the issues with the current radiological emergency plan?
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley , Edinburg, USA
Dean Kyne
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nuclear Power Plant Emergencies in the USA
Book Subtitle: Managing Risks, Demographics and Response
Authors: Dean Kyne
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50343-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50342-4Published: 13 February 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84376-6Published: 09 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50343-1Published: 28 January 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 359
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 119 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Management, Safety in Chemistry, Dangerous Goods, Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk, Nuclear Energy