Internationalizing nuclear safety: The pursuit of collective responsibility
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
The future of nuclear energy could depend upon the international infrastructure established to ensure the creation of a strong and uniform safety culture. Deliberations during the 1990s, leading to the recently promulgated International Nuclear Safety Convention, held out the prospect of both bolstering nuclear safety and gaining public recognition of the need to address transboundary safety concerns head-on. Unfortunately, the Convention that emerged from the deliberations constitutes little more than another form of technical assistance. The basis for an alternative, and more substantial, Convention is presented--one that would be based on the establishment and evaluation of performance standards, the creation of a series of political firebreaks, and the encouragement of nuclear power plant designs that minimize the catastrophic offsite consequences of accidents.
- OSTI ID:
- 118622
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Annual review of energy and the environment. Volume 20, 1995; Socolow, R.H. [ed.] [Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)]; Anderson, D. [ed.] [The World Bank, Washington, DC (United States)]; Harte, J. [ed.] [Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)]; PB: 627 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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