Cost‐Effectiveness of Risk‐Reduction Measures from a National Viewpoint: A Case Study of the Angra Nuclear Plant in Brazil

Luiz Fernando Seixas de Oliveira, Edson Benigno da Motta Barros, Paulo Victor Fleming and Luiz Pinguelli Rosa

Risk Analysis, 1987, vol. 7, issue 3, 321-328

Abstract: In this paper a systemic or national approach to cost‐effectiveness analysis of risk‐reduction measures is reviewed, and its advantages and limitations are discussed. The method is applied to the problem of the cost‐effectiveness of increasing the Angra 3 NPP containment wall thickness from the present 60 cm to 180 cm thick in order to prevent damage to the reactor core in case of a direct commercial aircraft crash on it. It is concluded that this measure is not cost‐effective if the referred approach is considered.

Date: 1987
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