Regional Basic Professional Training Course in Korea

Regional Basic Professional Training Course (BPTC) on Nuclear Safety
and must be used for additional protection of populations.
What is called “site criteria” or “site acceptability criteria” covers (2). Some member
countries, such as the USA and Canada, have specified in their regulations quantified
limits for exclusion zones and for population densities within a specified radius of a
nuclear plant. In other States, such as France, on the other hand, the regulations do not
introduce such criteria. Note that they in no way alter the maximum individual risk, but
aim to limit the collective risk by restricting the number of people likely to incur a
radiological risk if there is a serious accident.
5.6.2. Phases of the study
The demographic studies are initiated at the beginning of the nuclear site search and
qualification operations. Referring to the traditional division of the site selection process
into three phases (selection, qualification, and confirmation), there is a staged progression
of knowledge as the choice of site is narrowed down.
In the course of the "selection" phase, during which a regional analysis is performed, sites
in zones having the highest population densities are eliminated from the search; it is, in
effect reasonable, all other things being equal, to prefer sparsely populated zones to
highly urbanized zones.
In the course of the "qualification" phase, there is a preliminary analysis of the
demographic data from population censuses and an evaluation of their distribution. Since
regional weather data are being gathered in parallel, it is possible to see whether there are
large concentrations of inhabitants in the prevailing downwind directions. A first
investigation of populations that are migrant, whether for occupational (seasonal workers)
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