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Title: THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR SAFETY REGIME IN BRAZIL

Abstract

A turning point of the world nuclear industry with respect to safety occurred due to the accident at Chernobyl, in 1986. A side from the tragic personal losses and the enormous financial damage, the Chernobyl accident has literally demonstrated that ''a nuclear accident anywhere is an accident everywhere''. The impact was felt immediately by the nuclear industry, with plant cancellations (e.g. Austria), elimination of national programs (e.g. Italy) and general construction delays. However, the reaction of the nuclear industry was equally immediate, which led to the proposal and establishment of a Global Nuclear Safety Regime. This regime is composed of biding international safety conventions, globally accepted safety standard, and a voluntary peer review system. In a previous work, the author has presented in detail the components of this Regime, and briefly discussed its impact in the Brazilian nuclear power organizations, including the Regulatory Body. This work, on the opposite, briefly reviews the Global Nuclear Safety Regime, and concentrates in detail in the discussion of its impact in Brazil, showing how it has produced some changes, and where the peer pressure regime has failed to produce real results.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Commission for Nuclear Energy, CNEN (BR)
Sponsoring Org.:
none (US)
OSTI Identifier:
841447
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Americas Nuclear Energy Symposium (ANES 2004), Miami, FL (US), 10/03/2004--10/06/2004; Other Information: PBD: 6 Oct 2004
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; ACCIDENTS; CONSTRUCTION; ITALY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER; RADIATION PROTECTION; SAFETY; SAFETY STANDARDS; NUCLEAR SAFETY; BRAZIL

Citation Formats

Almeida, C. THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR SAFETY REGIME IN BRAZIL. United States: N. p., 2004. Web.
Almeida, C. THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR SAFETY REGIME IN BRAZIL. United States.
Almeida, C. 2004. "THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR SAFETY REGIME IN BRAZIL". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/841447.
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abstractNote = {A turning point of the world nuclear industry with respect to safety occurred due to the accident at Chernobyl, in 1986. A side from the tragic personal losses and the enormous financial damage, the Chernobyl accident has literally demonstrated that ''a nuclear accident anywhere is an accident everywhere''. The impact was felt immediately by the nuclear industry, with plant cancellations (e.g. Austria), elimination of national programs (e.g. Italy) and general construction delays. However, the reaction of the nuclear industry was equally immediate, which led to the proposal and establishment of a Global Nuclear Safety Regime. This regime is composed of biding international safety conventions, globally accepted safety standard, and a voluntary peer review system. In a previous work, the author has presented in detail the components of this Regime, and briefly discussed its impact in the Brazilian nuclear power organizations, including the Regulatory Body. This work, on the opposite, briefly reviews the Global Nuclear Safety Regime, and concentrates in detail in the discussion of its impact in Brazil, showing how it has produced some changes, and where the peer pressure regime has failed to produce real results.},
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