Accounting for long-term doses in “worldwide health effects of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident”

Beyea, Jan; Lyman, Edwin; Hippel, Frank N. von

doi:10.1039/c2ee24183h

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“…Thus, by contrary to fossil fuel or nuclear power generation, renewable energy cannot be produced always on demand, being quite challenging for production planning. Renewables are not a reliable back-up capacity [10] due to their intermittency, which enhances the need for battery storage, increasing ultimately the financial costs [11].…”

Section: Economics Of Nuclear Powermentioning

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The Nuclear Power Dilemma—Between Perception and Reality

Paraschiv

Mohamad

2020

Energies

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Motivated by the environmental challenges and the increase in energy demand, this review assesses the suitability of nuclear power production as an alternative option to using fossil fuels. First, we assess the competitiveness of nuclear power compared to other power sources considering its economic efficiency, environmental impact and implications for health, and conclude that this is a viable option to serve in addition to and as a backup to renewable sources. Second, we review previous findings in various fields on advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power technology and conclude that there is a gap between reality and perception. Third, we discuss challenges related to nuclear weapons proliferation and misperceived public opinion on nuclear power. We conclude that the gap between perception and reality stems from a lack of consolidated interdisciplinary view, media communications focusing mainly on unilateral assessments.

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Section: Economics Of Nuclear Powermentioning

confidence: 99%

The Nuclear Power Dilemma—Between Perception and Reality

Paraschiv

Mohamad

2020

Energies

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“…Nuclear physicist Frank N. von Hippel initially estimated 1,000 extra cancer deaths from radiation by extrapolating from an estimate of 16,000 cancer deaths caused by Chernobyl (von Hippel, 2011). More recently, von Hippel and others have estimated from 1,000 to 3,000 cancer deaths (Beyea et al., 2013; Fairlie, 2013).…”

Section: Fukushima’s Health Effectsmentioning

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Nuclear denial: From Hiroshima to Fukushima

Perrow¹

2013

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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Governments and the nuclear power industry have a strong interest in playing down the harmful effects of radiation from atomic weapons and nuclear power plants. Over the years, some scientists have supported the view that low levels of radiation are not harmful, while other scientists have held that all radiation is harmful. The author examines the radiation effects of nuclear bombs dropped on Japan in 1945; nuclear weapons testing; plutonium plant accidents at Windscale in England and Chelyabinsk in the Soviet Union; nuclear power plant emissions during normal operations; and the power plant accidents at Three Mile Island in the United States, Chernobyl in the Soviet Union, and Fukushima Daiichi in Japan. In each case, he finds a pattern of minimizing the damage to humans and attributing evidence of shortened life spans mostly to stress and social dislocation rather than to radiation. While low-level radiation is now generally accepted as harmful, its effects are deemed to be so small that they cannot be distinguished from the much greater effects of stress and social dislocation. Thus, some scientists declare that there is no point in even studying the populations exposed to the radioactive elements released into the atmosphere during the 2011 accident at Fukushima.

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“…La descontaminación extensa será, de hecho, probablemente difícil de lograr. 48 Otros en Fukushima sugieren que las ingentes sumas que se canalizaron a empresas constructoras y a la gestión de la limpieza serían mejor gastados en la reubicación de las personas de forma permanente, incluidos los que viven fuera de la zona de exclusión y que ya no se sienten seguros en sus vecindarios contaminados. En agosto de 2012, el Ministerio de Medio Ambiente respondió a la presión de Fukushima al anunciar que replantearía su política forestal propuesta.…”

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Satisfacción Laboral en Trabajadores de Dos Tiendas por Departamento: Un Estudio Comparativo

Gallegos

Velarde²

2013

Cienc Trab.

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Accounting for long-term doses in “worldwide health effects of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident”

Cited by 28 publications

References 18 publications

The Nuclear Power Dilemma—Between Perception and Reality

The Nuclear Power Dilemma—Between Perception and Reality

Nuclear denial: From Hiroshima to Fukushima

Satisfacción Laboral en Trabajadores de Dos Tiendas por Departamento: Un Estudio Comparativo

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