A Longitudinal Study of Human Exposure to Potential Nuclear Power Plant Risk

Authors

Dean Kyne, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Jason T. Harris

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-24-2015

Abstract

This study constructs a potential risk index (PRI) for the 65 U.S.-based commercial nuclear power plant (NPP) sites in relation to their surrounding populations. Four risk levels are defined: low risk, moderate risk, high risk, and very high risk. Discrepancies that exist in the sociodemographic characteristics of the host communities’ populations are examined as sorted by risk-level category. It is found that a greater percentage of minority groups are exposed to the highest levels of risk. In addition, percent “Hispanic” and percent “Other,” a grouping that includes multiracial, mixed, interracial, as well as Hispanic and Latino groups (for example, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or Spanish) are categories that show the greatest percent change in both the period 1990–2000 and 2000–2010.

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Copyright © 2015, The Author(s)

Recommended Citation

Kyne, D., Harris, J.T. A Longitudinal Study of Human Exposure to Potential Nuclear Power Plant Risk. Int J Disaster Risk Sci 6, 399–414 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-015-0075-0

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Publication Title

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science

DOI

10.1007/s13753-015-0075-0