20.08.2015   Fast Reactor Safety. (Nuclear science. and technology)

SAFETY EVALUATION METHODS

1.1 Purpose and Plan for Safety

We have to place safety in perspective by first outlining the position of nuclear power in the world power production program and then showing how fast reactors in particular might enter into consideration. Safety is not an absolute science, and it can only be viewed in relation to the questions of how much safety is needed and how much one is prepared to pay for it. These questions will have to be answered ultimately by society itself. For the present we will outline the choices and present a personal answer.