COCO-2: a model to assess the economic impact of an accident

Higgins, N. A., Jones, C., Munday, M., Balmforth, H., Holmes, W., Pfuderer, S., Mountford, L., Harvey, M. and Charnock, T., (2008) COCO-2: a model to assess the economic impact of an accident. Report. Health Protection Agency ISBN 978-0-85951-628-0

Abstract/Summary

COCO-2 is a model for assessing the potential economic costs likely to arise off-site following an accident at a nuclear reactor. COCO-2 builds on work presented in the model COCO-1 developed in 1991 by considering economic effects in more detail, and by including more sources of loss. Of particular note are: the consideration of the directly affected local economy, indirect losses that stem from the directly affected businesses, losses due to changes in tourism consumption, integration with the large body of work on recovery after an accident and a more systematic approach to health costs. The work, where possible, is based on official data sources for reasons of traceability, maintenance and ease of future development. This report describes the methodology and discusses the results of an example calculation. Guidance on how the base economic data can be updated in the future is also provided.

Item Type	Report (Report)
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/42132
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development > Department of Agri-Food Economics & Marketing
Publisher	Health Protection Agency
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