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Re: "Watchdog group questions safety of nuclear plant"
> What do you mean by SAFE, and what could the nuclear power
> industry and regulators do to "ensure that it remains safe"?????
Expend the billions of dollars since the issuance of the TMI Lessons
Learned NUREG/CR. Safe is a probabilistic term. Nothing is 100%
except eventual death of all living organisms. Therefore, while we
can say that a nuclear accident can not be totally excluded, we can
also state what the probability of an accident occurring, the type of
accident, in probability terms.
The following data is for "life-saving interventions and their cost
effectiveness" annual costs in $ .. obtained from Tosh Ushino who
obtained this from a list reference, Risk Analysis v. 15, 1995, p.
369
Mandatory auto seat belts .......... $69
Chlorination of drinking water ... $3100
colorectal cancer screening +40 yrs of age .... $4500
radiation emission control at NRC licensed facilities .$2,600,000,000
rad emissions control at uranium fuel cycle fac. $34,000,000,000
Where's the logic!
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