TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1977//
TI  - Oceanic diffusion of a severe accidental radionuclide release from a subsea nuclear power plant
JO  - Energy
A1  - Lainoff, S.M.
A1  - Nachbar, W.
SP  - 179
EP  - 188
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 0360-5442
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0360-5442(77)90044-5
ID  - ref1
ER  -