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Oceanic diffusion of a severe accidental radionuclide release from a subsea nuclear power plant

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  • Lainoff, S.M.
  • Nachbar, W.

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Seabed siting of nuclear power plants could reduce significantly the safety problem posed by the severest accident, core melt followed by containment breach, in which a considerable portion of the radionuclide inventory is rapidly released to the environment. At 80 fathoms depth, in addition to a possible sizeable reduction of accident probabilities, the accident consequences to human life are likely to be greatly reduced because the most deadly components of the radioactive cloud from a land-based site will be dissolved for the seabed site. The present paper deals specifically with the oceanic diffusion of dissolved radionuclides following a severe accident (the specifications for the reference accident PWR-2 of WASH-1400 are taken) at a site chosen off the coast of San Diego, California.

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  • Lainoff, S.M. & Nachbar, W., 1977. "Oceanic diffusion of a severe accidental radionuclide release from a subsea nuclear power plant," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 2(2), pages 179-188.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:2:y:1977:i:2:p:179-188
    DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(77)90044-5
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