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Health risks of nuclear power [1]

This study starts with a physical assessment of the quantities of the radioactivity being generated and mobilized by the entire system of related industrial processes making civilian nuclear power possible. It assesses the actual and potential exposure of the public to natural and human-made nuclear radioactivity, and it discusses empirical evidence of harmful health effects of these exposures. The biomedical effects of radionuclides in the human body are briefly discussed. Furthermore this study analyses the mechanisms which may cause the uncontrolled spread of very large amounts of radioactivity into the environment. The study explains some consequences of a basic law of nature for the health risks of nuclear power now and in the future. Misconceptions, uncertainties and unknowns of the nuclear safety issue are addressed. Risk enhancing factors are discussed, along with the consequences of the present economic paradigm for the health risks of nuclear power at this moment and in the future.

Publication Date: 
22/11/2010
Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen [2]
Ceedata [3]
Tags:
Nuclear Power [4], Health Effects [5], Radiation [6], India [7], Global [8], Nuclear Safety [9], Nuclear Power Plants [10], Nuclear Accidents [11], Uranium [12], Mining [13], Industry [14]

Technology Partners: MimirTech

Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/health-risks-nuclear-power

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[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nuclear-power-plants
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nuclear-accidents
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uranium
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