Comparison of Environmental Impacts of Coal and Nuclear Systems for Military Utility Application and Consequences of Reactor Accidents.
Abstract
This study compares the environmental impacts of a coal district heating station and a high temperature gas cooled reactor total energy system. In addition, the consequences of nuclear accidents are predicted. Radioactive, chemical and thermal emissions from the two plants are determined and methods of control are discussed. The costs of control systems are estimated from a variety of sources including current prices provided by manufacturers. The consequences of nuclear accidents are predicted by use of the computer model developed for the Wash 1400 Reactor Safety Study of the Atomic Energy Commission. This model predicts the number of acute deaths, illnesses, cancers, and genetic diseases and the monetary cost which would be expected from the worst possible accident at the nuclear plant. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA029400
Entities
People
- Michael R. Doyle
- Michael W. Golay
- Norman C. Rasmussen
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology