«Nobody wants to be alarmist, but people are understandably worried
about nuclear contamination.
Not exact matches
But with
about half of the world's
nuclear power plants located on coastlines, such areas are potentially important
contamination reservoirs and release sites to monitor after future accidents.
As far as is known, the risks from this type of low level
contamination are small, but as we contemplate on one hand trying to clear up all the old
nuclear sites, and on the other, building new plants, it may be wise to think
about the long term implications of relying on
nuclear energy.
For my part, I have no problem with
nuclear power, but we have to seriously rethink how we go
about handling and processing spent fuel, i.e. recycling it more effectively, to reduce the waste and possibility of
contamination as much as possible.
Tokyo residents worry
about radiation following reports of further
contamination escaping from the Fukushima Daiichi
Nuclear Power station.