Yellin's Review of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Reactor Safety Study: Comment

Richard Wilson

Bell Journal of Economics, 1976, vol. 7, issue 2, 701-710

Abstract: Yellin has reviewed the Reactor Safety Study (WASH-1400, or Rasmussen Report) published by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and makes several criticisms. I find that some of these criticisms are much overstated. Others, though valid, are mainly criticisms of presentation. To be useful for public policy, reactor risks -- and indeed all nuclear risks -- must be compared with other risks society faces. The Rasmussen Report is weak in these comparisons, primarily because there exist few estimates of risk in other places, but the comparisons he does make confirm that the risk is smaller than Yellin suggests.

Date: 1976
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