[SystemSafety] Historical Questions

Tim Schürmann tschuerm at techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
Mon Mar 13 23:17:18 CET 2017


Hi Folks,

On Mo, 2017-03-13 at 23:04 +0100, Peter Bernard Ladkin wrote:
> 
> On 2017-03-13 22:50 , Matthew Squair wrote:
> > Wash1400 study, mid 1970s in the IS and the Canvey Is QRA in the U.K around the same time. Wash1400
> > was also heavily criticized for its approach (not just the exec summary). See also John Downer's
> > discussion of these types of efforts.
> 
> Yes. See the Lewis Report https://www.osti.gov/scitech/biblio/6489792 . I valued Hal's views highly.
> He died in May 2011. RIP.

Well as far as i know, prior to WASH1400 there has been WASH740:
'Theoretical Possibilities and Consequences of Major Accidents in Large
Nuclear Power Plants'
published in 1957 

WASH1400 was then one of the replacements...


Kind Regards
Tim
[1]http://www.dissident-media.org/infonucleaire/wash740.pdf



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Tim Schürmann




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