Data and Documents
REALISM -
In
Engineering and Analysis
of
Radioactivity Sources and Consequences
in
Using Nuclear Technologies |
ANS Realism White Paper - Table of Contents
Full White Paper
– Intro, Overview and Annexes (w/o Appendixes) [15
p, PDF 280 KB]
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Introduction – Using Unreal Premises Gives
Answers Irrelevant to the Real World
(3 p)
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Overview
(1 p)
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Annex 1 – The Release and Dispersion of
Radioactivity from Reactor Fuel
(2 p)
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Appendix 1A –
Analyses and Test Data on Fission Product Dispersal [12p,
PDF 40 KB] |
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Attachment to App 1A – "Realistic
Estimates of the Consequences of Nuclear Accidents" Milt Levenson and Frank Rahn, EPRI, in Nuclear Safety, 1981
[12 p, PDF 1 MB] |
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Appendix 1B –
Sep 20, 2002 Science magazine "Policy Forum" on Consequences of
Nuclear Fuel Casualties and Jan 10, 2003 Response to Comments, by 19 members of the National Academy
of Engineering [4p, PDF 290 KB]
(To access html and full Letters and
Response in Science format.) |
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Appendix 1C –
Consequences of TMI and Chernobyl Casualties [5 p, PDF 20 KB] |
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Attachment to App 1C - "Fission Product and
Aerosol Behavior," Morewitz, EPRI, ANS Trans, 1981 [2
p, PDF 130 KB]
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Annex 2 – The Health Effects of Low-Dose
Radiation
(3 p)
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Appendix 2A –
"There Never Was a Time When the Benefits of Low Dose Radiation Were
Not Known"
Jim Muckerheide, ANS RPSD Topical Meeting, 2002 [12 p PDF 260 KB]
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Appendix 2B – ANS
Sessions on the Health Effects of Low-Dose Radiation, 1994-2000 [1 p,
PDF 10 KB] |
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Supplement to App 2B – Summary of Papers in the ANS Sessions,
1994-1999 [20
p, DOC 160 KB] |
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Appendix 2C –
Radiation Levels in Perspective: Natural Sources vs. US Regulations [2
p, PDF 15 KB]
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Annex 3 – The Harmful Fallacy of Collective
Dose
(1 p)
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Annex 4 – The Price We Pay for Excessive
Radiation Protection
(2 p)
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Annex 5 – The New ICRP Proposal: A Further
Flight from Reality
(2 p)
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