Evacuation risks - an evaluation.

A study was conducted to assess the risk of death, injury, and cost associated with an evacuation of population groups affected by an incident at a fixed nuclear facility. Data and information were obtained by contacting persons and organisations involved with previous evacuations precipitated by natural or man-made causes and from available literature on the subject. Because of the small number of deaths and injuries derived from the study of evacuations, no statistical comparison with NSC information could be made; however, strong subjective information suggests that NSC data can be used gfor estimating the risk of injury or death. Only some fragmentary costs related to the evacuation process were obtained from data sources, and total costs had to be constructed from available literature. Aspects, other than risk and cost, concerning evacuations are also discussed in the report