Nuclear power plant emergencies in the USA : managing risks, demographics and response /: managing risks, demographics and response. (©2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dean Kyne.
• Authors: Kyne, Dean
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 359 pages)
• Subjects: 363.17995; Environment; Nuclear power plants -- Accidents -- United States; Nuclear power plants -- United States -- Safety measures; Nuclear power plants -- United States -- Management; Nuclear power plants -- Environmental aspects -- United States; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Nuclear power plants -- Accidents; Nuclear power plants -- Environmental aspects; Nuclear power plants -- Management; Nuclear power plants -- Safety measures; Environment; Environmental Management; Safety in Chemistry, Dangerous Goods; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk; Nuclear Energy; Science -- Chemistry -- General; Technology & Engineering -- Quality Control; Technology & Engineering -- Power Resources -- Nuclear; Chemistry; Reliability engineering; Nuclear power & engineering; Environmental management; Chemicals -- Safety measures; System safety; Technology & Engineering -- Environmental -- General; Environmental management; United States; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319503431
• Related ISBNs: 331950343X; 3319503421; 9783319503424
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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