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| العنوان: |
Damages from a Major Release of 137 Cs into the Atmosphere of the United States. |
| المؤلفون: |
Beyea, Jan, Lyman, Ed, von Hippel, Frank |
| المصدر: |
Science & Global Security; Jan-Aug2004, Vol. 12 Issue 1/2, p125-136, 12p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
DECONTAMINATION (From gases, chemicals, etc.), FUEL, ATMOSPHERIC chemistry, NUCLEAR power plants, CANCER, MORTALITY |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
UNITED States |
| مستخلص: |
We report estimates of costs of evacuation, decontamination, property loss, and cancer deaths due to releases by a spent fuel fire of 3.5 and 35 MCi of 137 Cs into the atmosphere at five U.S. nuclear-power plant sites. The MACCS2 atmospheric-dispersion model is used with median dispersion conditions and azimuthally-averaged radial population densities. Decontamination cost estimates are based primarily on the results of a Sandia study. Our five-site average consequences are $100 billion and 2000 cancer deaths for the 3.5 MCi release, and $400 billion in damages and 6000 cancer deaths for the 35 MCi release. The implications for the cost-benefit analyses in "Reducing the hazards" are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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