Transportation accidents involving hazardous chemicals versus those involving dangerous nuclear material.

Includes bibliographical references

Focuses on transportation accidents which involve hazardous chemicals and those which involve dangerous nuclear material. Organized into four sections: 1) addresses the general kinds of risks to people and things which are inherent in the transport of dangerous nuclear material, especially spent fuel; 2) briefly examines the complete range of possible incidents of chemical hazards in transportation accidents. It is observed that hazardous chemicals are far more heterogenous in their potential and, in the extreme case, can be far more dangerous than the risks posed by the worst-case nuclear danger scenario used; 3) a discussion of the common and unique functions relating to private and public sector preparations for and responses to both kinds of transportation hazards, as they have been reported in the speculative and research literature. Concludes with a summary of policy implications for emergency managment derived from the functional comparison of the nuclear and nonnuclear hazards discussed in the preceding section