Social costing approach for nuclear power plant severe accidents

Journal Article · Sat Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1994 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

OSTI ID:89194

Fisher, S E; Williams, K A

The U.S. Department of Energy is currently publishing a study entitled {open_quotes}Damages and Benefits of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Estimation Methods, Impacts, and Values.{close_quotes} This work was performed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory with assistance from an economic consulting firm [Resources for the Future (RFF)]. This document presents the social cost-accounting methodology and its broad application to many phases of the nuclear fuel cycle. This paper focuses on the social costing issues specifically associated with nuclear power plant severe accidents at a hypothetical site in the southeastern United States located on the Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee. A hypothetical site in the southwestern United States near the four-corners region of New Mexico was also analyzed. The development of the methodology and the application of social costing for reactor accidents were two of the major objectives of this effort.

• OSTI ID: 89194
• Report Number(s): CONF-941102--
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 71; ISSN TANSAO; ISSN 0003-018X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
COST
DECONTAMINATION
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FUEL CYCLE
HEALTH HAZARDS
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
RADIATION ACCIDENTS
REACTOR ACCIDENTS