Predicting the cost of the consequences of a large nuclear accident in the UK
- Submitting institution
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The Open University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1458101
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.psep.2017.08.032
- Title of journal
- Process Safety and Environmental Protection
- Article number
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- First page
- 96
- Volume
- 112
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0957-5820
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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4
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Severe nuclear accidents have led to extensive and extended population evacuations. This work considers international guidance on responses to accidents, drawing on information from the Chernobyl and Fukushima incidents and reviews the UK’s approach to emergency preparedness. The work is important because it shows that mass evacuation from close to the site of a nuclear accident is likely to be more detrimental to population health than remaining in place with mitigating safety actions. The work led to a stories in The Times and numerous other papers and it recommended evidence-based UK policy were the worst to happen.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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