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An Evaluation of Alternative Safety Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants
Author(s) -
Solomon Kenneth A.,
Nelson Pamela F.,
Chiesa James R.,
Wolf Katy
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
risk analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1539-6924
pISSN - 0272-4332
DOI - 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1985.tb00171.x
Subject(s) - consistency (knowledge bases) , clarity , nuclear power , nuclear power plant , nuclear reactor core , environmental science , risk analysis (engineering) , reliability engineering , nuclear engineering , computer science , engineering , medicine , nuclear physics , artificial intelligence , chemistry , physics , biochemistry
Safety criteria for frequency of nuclear‐reactor accidents and for reactor‐induced risk to individuals and to society are evaluated on the basis of their comprehensiveness, clarity, recognition of uncertainty, practicability, defensibility, simplicity, and internal consistency. Many criteria were found to be comprehensive and practicable; few completely satisfied the other evaluation standards. A consensus inferred from the most favorably evaluated criteria would allow between 1.0time10 ‐4 and 1.0time10 ‐3 core melts per reactor year, between 1.0time10 ‐6 and 2.0time10 ‐5 fatalities per reactor year per individual, and a total exposure in the United States of between 1000 and 10,000 person rems per reactor year. This consensus is consistent with the criteria proposed in NUREG0880.