Nuclear refugees after large radioactive releases

Ludivine Pascucci-Cahen and Groell, Jérôme

Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 2016, vol. 145, issue C, 245-249

Abstract: However improbable, large radioactive releases from a nuclear power plant would entail major consequences for the surrounding population. In Fukushima, 80,000 people had to evacuate the most contaminated areas around the NPP for a prolonged period of time. These people have been called “nuclear refugees†.

Keywords: Accident consequences; Nuclear refugees; Probabilistic safety assessments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2015.06.017

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