@article{ref1,
title="Oceanic diffusion of a severe accidental radionuclide release from a subsea nuclear power plant",
journal="Energy",
year="1977",
author="Lainoff, S.M. and Nachbar, W.",
volume="2",
number="2",
pages="179-188",
abstract="Seabed siting of nuclear power plants could reduce significantly the safety problem posed by the severest accident, core melt followed by containment breach, in which a considerable portion of the radionuclide inventory is rapidly released to the environment. At 80 fathoms depth, in addition to a possible sizeable reduction of accident probabilities, the accident consequences to human life are likely to be greatly reduced because the most deadly components of the radioactive cloud from a land-based site will be dissolved for the seabed site. The present paper deals specifically with the oceanic diffusion of dissolved radionuclides following a severe accident (the specifications for the reference accident PWR-2 of WASH-1400 are taken) at a site chosen off the coast of San Diego, California.<p />",
language="",
issn="0360-5442",
doi="10.1016/0360-5442(77)90044-5",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0360-5442(77)90044-5"
}