Hazards - Infrastructure Failure: Nuclear Power Plants

This list is under construction. Date of last update is 2 March 2000.


Nuclear Power Plant Links

The Virtual Nuclear Tourist
extensive site on nuclear power industry world-wide
The Uranium Institute Online
web site of the Uranium Institute of the United Kingdom
National Radiological Protection Board
web site of the National Radiological Protection Board of the United Kingdom
International Nuclear Safety Program
U. S. Department of Energy web site on nuclear safety in the former Soviet Union
Chernobyl: The Accident and Progress Since 1986
site offers access to a number of Chornobyl related papers
Radiological Consequences of the 1957 Windscale Fire
(B) short paper on consequences of a major British nuclear reactor accident in October 1957 which released iodine 131 and polonium 210 and resulted in slightly increased cancer risks
International Atomic Energy Agency
includes technical material on nuclear power generation programs, nuclear materials inspection, international safeguards against proliferation, and nuclear safety, with information on the Agency
Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company: Paradigm of the Twilight of the Nuclear Era
(A) a RADNET environmentalist view of Maine Yankee as an unsafe, and lawbreaking site with a narrative and discussion of the economics and options of the decommissioning process
Chernobyl Fallout Data: Annotated Bibliography
(A) extensive annotated bibliography on Chornobyl fallout with general articles and country by country reports from around the world - clear environmentalist bias - a RADNET site
Major Nuclear Accidents in Progress
(A) provides information on long term US and international releases of radiation, including site specific coverage in the United States, England, and Japan - includes useful scale of accident severity
Tokai Reports
(B) summary of IAEA and Japanese task force reports on a September 1999 criticality event which exposed 69 people at an enriched uranium conversion plant in Tokai
Russian Military Source Points
(A) overview of Russian nuclear waste issues with information on the Kyshtym explosion, wind transers, and river and area contamination - includes extensive bibliography - RADNET site
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Updates

Links on this page are checked at least quarterly. However, I have found that even governmental links change frequently. If you locate an address for an agency that does not have one, or if you find an error, please e-mail the contact address below.


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