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Comparative Evaluation of Severe Accident Risks Associated with Electricity Generation Systems

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Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management ’96

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This paper addresses experiences from a systematic investigation of severe accidents associated with electricity generation. The scope of the analysis covers full energy chains. The work has been focused on the actual experience data as reflected in a number of existing databases and in numerous other sources. As a result, a comprehensive database was established. It appears to have a significantly higher degree of coverage of energy-related accidents than other known sources. The evaluations concentrate on health effects associated with severe accidents; whenever feasible other types of consequences are also being addressed.

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  1. Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland

    S. Hirschberg & G. Spiekerman

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  1. I A PSAM, Joint Research Centre, The European Commission, Institute for Systems, Informatics and Safety, 1-21020, ISPRA (Va), Italy

    P. Carlo Cacciabue PhD

  2. I A PSAM, NCSR ‘Demokritos’, PO Box 60228, GR-15310, Aghin Paraskevi, Greece

    Ioannis A. Papazoglou PhD

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Hirschberg, S., Spiekerman, G. (1996). Comparative Evaluation of Severe Accident Risks Associated with Electricity Generation Systems. In: Cacciabue, P.C., Papazoglou, I.A. (eds) Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management ’96. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3409-1_7

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