verify.
Practitioners
of PRA
find generally
that
the
probability
of a major accident is exceedingly
small
other approach
to become negligible. SO as
Adherents to the
(generally critics of nuclear power)
reject the PRA method and focus instead
on the very
serious
consequences
of
severe a
accident.
They
argue that no system designed by man is fail-proof
and
point to
numerous
instances
in
which
construction
workers, equipment vendors, operators,
or
others
made have
errors
or
otherwise
have
violated
safety
standards
evidence as
for
their
arguments.
They therefore believe that
a
disastrous
accident is always likely sometime
soon.
(cfr.
Issue Brief
Nuclear on
Power Plant
Safety
and
Regulation
prepared by Congressional
Research
Service).
N B.:
Between
1971
and 1984, there were 151
significant nuclear-safety incidents in 14 countries.
Observations
12.
In
my
humble view, the generally accepted
requirement of an evacuation plan appears
to be the
result
of
an
attempt
to
compromise
the
2
that
it is
irreconcilable methods of
assessment. If one takes
the PRA argument, the risk of any major mishap
negligible
is SO
unnecessary to have any
evacuation plan at all.
But if one
takes the other