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A Risk Comparison
(NUREG/CR-1916)
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Publication Information
Manuscript Completed: January 1981
Date Published: February 1981
Prepared by
A. Coppola, R. E. Hall
Department of Nuclear Energy Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY 11973
Prepared for
Division of Systems and Reliability Research
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, D.C. 20555
NRC FIN A3222
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Abstract
This report presents data for the comparison of societal risk from natural
and man-made hazards. Only fatalities resulting from the hazards are used in the comparison, with the data and the comparative analysis taken from
current literature. In comparing societal risks for most of the hazards, both
expected values and frequency vs. consequence curves are presented. For a
subset of hazards, notably the power generation technologies (nuclear, coal,
oil, and gas), which have not exhibited high consequence events (catastrophes),
the comparisons are based on estimated expected values only.
Individual risk data are presented in two ways, a probability of death within a year and the amount of life shortening of an average life span.
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