An objective nuclear accident magnitude scale for quantification of severe and catastrophic events
@article{Smythe2011AnON, title={An objective nuclear accident magnitude scale for quantification of severe and catastrophic events}, author={David Smythe}, journal={Physics Today}, year={2011} }
Deficiencies in the existing International Nuclear Event Scale (INES)[1] have become clear in the light of comparisons between the 1986 Chernobyl and 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accidents.[2–4] First, the scale is essentially a discrete qualitative ranking, not defined beyond event level 7. Second, it was designed as a public relations tool, not an objective scientific scale. Third, its most serious shortcoming is that it conflates magnitude with intensity.
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