Technical guidance for siting criteria development

Technical Report · Wed Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6547868· OSTI ID:6547868

Aldrich, D. C.; Sprung, J. L.; Alpert, D. J.; Diegert, K.; Ostmeyer, R. M.; Ritchie, L. T.; Strip, D. R.; Johnson, J. D.; Hansen, K.; Robinson, J.

Technical guidance to support the formulation and comparison of possible siting criteria for nuclear power plants has been developed in four areas: (1) consequences of hypothetical severe nuclear-power-plant accidents, (2) characteristics of population distributions about current reactor sites, (3) site availability within the continental United States, and (4) socioeconomic impacts of reactor siting. The impact on consequences of source-term magnitude, meteorology, population distribution, and emergency response have been analyzed. Population distributions about current sites were analyzed to identify statistical characteristics, time trends, and regional differences. A site-availability data bank was constructed for the continential United States. The data bank contains information about population densities, seismicity, topography, water availability, and land-use restrictions. Finally, the socioeconomic impacts of rural-industrialization projects, energy boomtowns, and nuclear power plants were examined to determine their nature, magnitude, and dependence on site demography and remoteness.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6547868
• Report Number(s): NUREG/CR-2239; SAND-81-1549; ON: DE83005229
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
MATERIALS
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
POPULATION DYNAMICS
POWER PLANTS
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
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REACTOR SITES
SITE SELECTION
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
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WASTES