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Candidates for leadership provide statements: ANS Board of Directors
With the annual ANS election right around the corner, American Nuclear Society members will be going to the polls to vote for a vice president/president-elect, treasurer, and members-at-large for the Board of Directors. In January, Nuclear News published statements from candidates for vice president/president-elect and treasurer. This month, we are featuring statements from each nominee for the Board of Directors.
H. Brücher
Nuclear Technology | Volume 39 | Number 1 | June 1978 | Pages 25-29
Nuclear Safety Analysis | Energy Modeling and Forecasting / Radioactive Waste | doi.org/10.13182/NT78-A17004
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An analysis has been made dealing with the evaluation of risk of a high-level waste solidification plant. Fault-tree methodology was used to identify all possible accidents and to evaluate their probability of occurrence. The analysis shows that with regard to risk, the most important accidents occur during off-gas cleaning. Furthermore, the routine risk is of the same order of magnitude or greater than the most important accident risks.
