Nuclear power plant emergencies in the USA : managing risks, demographics and response

• Main Author: Kyne, Dean (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer, ©2017.
• Subjects: 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.; United States.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319503431; 9783319503424
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 359 pages)

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 evacuati...

Table of 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.