RJA #10a: Annotated Bibliography, Part 1: "Is Nuclear Power Safe?": ENG 1020

Webb, Richard. The accident hazards of nuclear power plants. Amherst, MA: Univ of Massachusetts Pr, 1976. 80-98. Print.

The Rasmussen Report was a report that was conducted to show the flaws that nuclear power plants could face. The report covers the possibly of nuclear power plant melt downs. The report also covers how over heating of the reactor do to a coolant failure or improper heat exchange between the reactors and cooling units can result in a core breach. What turns out to happen in this report is that the data was mismanaged so that it made nuclear energy appear dangerous which is discussed in the end of this chapter. They also refer to the mismanagement of this report in the beginning sections of this book.

Strupczewski, A. "Accident Risks in Nuclear-Power Plants." Applied Energy. ScienceDirect, 03 04 2003. Web. 5 Apr 2010. .

This periodical explains the risks assessments of nuclear power plant accidents. This report includes references to accidents that have occurred in the past and then explains what caused them and what has been done to prevent this from happening in the future. In this report it also states that do to the relatively young age of this technology that the track record is extremely good do to the very few major accidents that have happened. This report concludes that after extensive research that it finds the risks to be extremely minimal. This report doesn't included information on the safety equipment that is used to make this technology safe but it does include what procedures have been put in place.

Annas, George. "Nuclear Power: Safety and Economics." American Journal of Public Health 73.9 (1983): 1099-1100. Web. 21 Feb 2010. .

This Journal describes how nuclear power is regulated so that it is kept safe. This entry tells the reader about how the government regulates the storage of waste and overall safety measures that are occurring in plants. This article also tells how the government regulates nuclear power for health and safety reasons such has radiation poisoning and exposure. The final thing that this article talks about is the nuclear power act of 1954 which gives the government full control over nuclear energy so that it can be regulated safely.