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Table 5.1 Continued
Security Similar to safety Means must be Means must be
factors, there are provided to provided to prevent the
no structures to prevent the inadvertent or
guard and nothing inadvertent or malicious intruder from
that could cause a malicious intruder entry and potential
threat to the public from entry and injury. Such means may
potential injury. include a permanent
Such means may security squad or
include a intrusion detectors
permanent security remotely linked to the
squad or intrusion local police or security
detectors remotely agency
linked to the local
police or security
agency
Environmental No environmental No radiological There can be some
concerns environmental environmental concerns
remaining onsite concerns in case institutional
remaining. controls fail, but these
Hazardous or toxic scenarios should have
materials must be been considered in the
taken away or safety assessment
remediated to a
safe state
Economic The major The major The largest economic
economic factor is economic factor is factor is the avoided
the avoided cost of the avoided cost of cost of removal or
ongoing ongoing remediation of
surveillance and surveillance and radioactive substances.
maintenance. maintenance. There will be a need for
While for NPPs While for NPPs radiological
there are there are surveillance and
additional additional maintenance. There will
considerations considerations be also a need for
regarding the regarding the remediation of
onsite storage of onsite storage of hazardous and toxic
spent fuel spent fuel materials and proper
(generally under (generally under monitoring and
separate license) separate license) surveillance. While for
the overall benefit the overall benefit NPPs there are
is achieved is achieved additional
through waste through considerations
disposal to an consolidation of regarding the onsite
offsite repository spent fuel into a storage of spent fuel
single area. (generally under
Regarding separate license) the
remaining overall benefit is
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