Nuclear power plant emergencies in the USA : managing risks, demographics and response / Dean Kyne.
Kyne, Dean, author.
2017
TK9152.13
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Nuclear power plant emergencies in the USA : managing risks, demographics and response / Dean Kyne.
Author
Kyne, Dean, author.
ISBN
9783319503431 (electronic book)
331950343X (electronic book)
3319503421
9783319503424
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50343-1
Publication Details
Cham : Springer, ©2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 359 pages)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-50343-1 doi
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TK9152.13
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.17995
Summary
Managing nuclear power emergencies is significantly different from managing other types of emergencies, including fire, flood, and other disasters because nuclear disaster management requires special technical skills and a rigid protocol which outlines detailed steps and procedure before an evacuation announcement could be made. It was evident that the impacts from a nuclear power core-meltdown accident were immerse, irreversible, and inevitable, as evident by evaluating the three historic core-meltdown accidents, namely Three Mile Island in 1997, Chernobyl in 1986, and Fukushima Daiichi in 2011. The three options for minimizing the risks associated with NPPs are suggesting elimination of all NPPs in operation in the United States, transforming inevitable risks to evitable risks, and transforming the current radiological plan into an effective emergency management plan. Being the latter option is the only viable one, this book provides a comprehensive understanding on effectively managing nuclear power emergencies in the U.S. The book presents detailed analysis on effectively managing nuclear power emergencies. In an attempt to illustrate minimizing the risks, factual answers to the key questions surrounding managing nuclear disasters are outlined. What are the risks associated with the nuclear power plants (NPP)? What are the problems associated with managing nuclear power core-meltdown accidents in the three historic accidents? Where are the geographical locations of the 99 commercial reactors in the U.S? Who are those exposed to potential risks associated with the NPPs? How could a projection of radioactive plume dispersion pathway be carried out using a spatial computer code, such as the Radiological Assessment Systems for Consequence Analysis (RASCAL) in case of a core-meltdown accident? Where would the radioactive plume go given weather conditions? Who are more likely to be exposed to the high level radiation dose during the core-meltdown accident? What are the issues with the current radiological emergency plan? .
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Preface; Contents; About the Author; 1 The US Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Their Potential Risks; 1.1 U.S. Nuclear Power Development; 1.1.1 Discovery of Fission; 1.1.2 Self-sustaining Chain Reaction; 1.1.3 Peaceful Applications of Atoms; 1.1.4 Nuclear Power Reactor with Fission Technology; 1.2 U.S. Commercial Nuclear Power Plants in Operation; 1.2.1 Operating License Requirement; 1.2.2 Operating License Process; 1.2.3 License Renewal; 1.2.4 Current Reactors in Operation; 1.3 U.S. Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Their Potential Risks; 1.3.1 Core-Meltdown Risks

1.3.1.1 Three Mile Island (TMI) Accident1.3.1.2 Chernobyl Accident; 1.3.1.3 Fukushima Daiichi Accident; 1.3.2 Contamination Risks; 1.3.3 Nuclear Radiation Risks; 1.3.4 Terrorist Attack Risks; 1.3.5 Inevitable Risks; References; 2 Communities Hosting US Commercial Nuclear Power Plants; 2.1 Setting Boundaries in Host Communities; 2.2 Invisible Risks and Unknown Consequences; 2.2.1 Nuclear Power Plant Siting and Environmental Justice; 2.2.2 Embracing the Low-Level Radiation; 2.2.3 Consequence of Constant Exposure to Low-Level Radiation

2.2.4 Incomplete Knowledge of Low-Level Radiation Consequences2.2.5 Nuclear Power Facilities Living Longer Than Human Average Longevity; 2.3 Data and Research Methods; 2.3.1 Study Questions; 2.3.2 Study Variables; 2.3.3 Study Data; 2.3.4 Study Methods; 2.4 Overall Demographic Composition by Distance; 2.5 Hosting Communities in Urban and Non-urban Areas; 2.6 Hosting Communities at Individual Nuclear Power Plants; 2.7 Demographic Changes in 1990-2000 and 2000-2010; 2.8 Conclusion; References; 3 Nuclear Power Emergencies and Their Management Process; 3.1 Disaster and Emergency Management Process

3.2 Nuclear Power Emergency Management Process3.3 Nuclear Power Emergency and Response; 3.4 Projection of Plume Path Dispersion; 3.4.1 RASCAL Computer Code; 3.4.2 Obtaining RASCAL Computer Code; 3.4.3 Installing RASCAL; 3.4.4 RASCAL Tools; 3.4.5 Projecting Source to Term Dose; 3.4.6 Exporting to Shapefile; 3.4.7 Overlaying on Other Map Layers; 3.5 Protective Action Recommendation (PAR); 3.6 Protective Action Decisions (PADs); 3.7 Evacuation; 3.8 Conclusions; References; 4 Simulation of Nuclear Power Plant Core-Meltdown Accidents; 4.1 Nuclear Power Plant Core-Meltdown Accidents

4.2 Radioactive Plume Dispersion4.3 A Scenario of a Core-Meltdown Accident at the Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant; 4.3.1 Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station (PVNGS); 4.3.2 Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) Core-Damage Accident; 4.3.3 Projected Plume Path for Quarter 1; 4.3.4 Projected Plume Path for Quarter 2; 4.3.5 Projected Plume Path for Quarter 3; 4.3.6 Projected Plume Path for Quarter 4; 4.4 A Scenario of Core-Meltdown Accident at the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant; 4.4.1 Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant; 4.4.2 Projected Plume Path for Quarter 1; 4.4.3 Projected Plume Path for Quarter 2

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