Re: Risk Communication/Wind Power/LOCA/LOBA Accidents

[Chuck Cooper <ccc@pp.pdx.edu>]

There is a comprehensive review of wind power generation safety and

environmental impacts here:



http://externe.jrc.es/Norway+Wind.htm



Does any one know of an analysis of Nuclear power impacts that covers

the entire cycle including materials, construction, fuel processing,

operation, decommissioning etc.?



Just a small part of the paper:

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For occupational health impacts of turbine manufacturing we have used

the accident rates of the Danish windmill industry reported in the

Danish National Implementation report. They report 0.12 accidents per MW

for 1995. 10 % are major accidents and 90 % minor accidents. There were

no fatal accidents. With a 2.2 MW wind farm there are 0.0264 major

accidents and 0.2376 minor accidents, annually. Major and minor

accidents are valued at 95,000 and 6,970 ECU, respectively. Total costs

of workers accidents can then be estimated at 4,164 ECU. Assuming 20

years life time of the wind turbines, and then dividing the annual cost

by the average annual electricity production of 5.8 GWh, we get an

annual average accident cost of which is 0.0359 mECU/kWh Occupational

accidents in upstream materials processing industries (glass, steel,

copper and cement) are not included in this number.

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Chuck Cooper

Dir. EH&S

Portland State University







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