Development of an Updated Societal-Risk Goal for Nuclear Power Safety

Conference · Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014

OSTI ID:1165497

Bier, Vicki; Corradini, Michael; Youngblood, Robert; Roh, Caleb; Liu, Shuji

This report briefly summarizes work done in FY 2013 on the subject LDRD. The working hypothesis is that societal disruption should be addressed in a safety goal. This is motivated by the point that the Fukushima disaster resulted in very little public dose, but enormous societal disruption; a goal that addressed societal disruption would fill a perceived gap in the US NRC safety goal structure. This year's work entailed analyzing the consequences of postulated accidents at various reactor sites in the US, specifically with a view to quantifying the number of people relocated and the duration of their relocation, to see whether this makes sense as a measure of societal disruption.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 1165497
• Report Number(s): INL/CON-13-30391
• Resource Relation: Conference: PSAM 12,Honolulu, Hawaii,06/22/2014,06/27/2014
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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