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Risk Analysis in Nuclear Waste Management - Proceedings of the ISPRA-Course held at the Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, 30 May - 3 June 1988 (Paperback, 1989 ed.)
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Risk Analysis in Nuclear Waste Management - Proceedings of the ISPRA-Course held at the Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, 30 May - 3 June 1988 (Paperback, 1989 ed.)
Series: Ispra Courses
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----- One of the arguments most frequently raised by objectors to
nuclear power production is the spectrum of the hazard from the
nuc.lear waste. In the public's perception one of the most
dangerous features of this waste is the threat to future
generations due to the long life of the radio-emitting nuclides.
People's concern for this hazard seems to be greater than that for
other types of toxic wastes, widely produced and released to the
environment (heavy metals, PCBs, arsenic etc.) though these might
last even longer. In fact public attitude toward risk depends very
strongly on the nature of the risk, as clearly illustrated ill the
initial papers of these proceedings. On this basis it appears that
tile safety of the nuclear practice, including waste disposal,
cannot be assessed only by comparison with other practices or
risks. For this reason the analysts have accepted the challenge of
investigating the long term safety of this type of waste, taking it
much further than for many other known pollution problems affecting
mankind. Moreover, for one of the first times lhis is being dulle
IJi2fure disp, )sal. The c, )ntributiolls tu these pruceedillljs
attempt to describe the specific nature of this type of assessment,
pi esent ing Ilew developments which have been made in the field.
These include the recourse to system variability analysis, the use
of natural and archaeulugical analogues and predictive geology.
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