Nuclear Reactor Hazards: ongoing dangers of operating nuclear reactors

Publication - 25 April, 2005
A comprehensive assessment of the hazards of operational reactors, new 'evolutionary' designs and future reactor concepts and the risks associated with the management of spent nuclear fuel, this report describes the characteristics and inherent flaws of the main reactor designs in operation today and assesses the risks associated with new designs, 'ageing' operational reactors, the terrorist threat to nuclear power and climate change impacts – such as flooding- on nuclear.

Action at the nuclear power plant at Tihange on the 10th anniversary of the nuclear accident at Chernobyl in the Ukraine.

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Num. pages: 128

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