Yamamura, Eiji (2011): How does corruption influence perceptions of
the risk of nuclear accidents?
NRDC has long opposed relicensing its two reactors because of Indian Point's history of operational, safety and environmental problems, as well as the grave
risk of a nuclear accident so close to the nation's largest city,» said Kit Kennedy, director of the energy and transportation program at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Cohen acknowledges
the risk of a nuclear accident, and the dangers of the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Not exact matches
An atomic build - up can not be
risked, because
of the ease with which a
nuclear war could be initiated by
accident if not by design.
Public concerns about
nuclear power have traditionally centered on two issues: the
risk of widespread radioactive fallout from an
accident and the hazards
of nuclear waste.
Unlike with a
nuclear accident, there is no
risk of the surrounding environment being affected.
Philip Thomas, Professor
of Risk Management in the Department
of Civil Engineering, said: «The Office
of Nuclear Regulation and other national bodies clearly have a problem with how they should assess the right level of expenditure to protect people from nuclear and other acc
Nuclear Regulation and other national bodies clearly have a problem with how they should assess the right level
of expenditure to protect people from
nuclear and other acc
nuclear and other
accidents.
This is recognised by the
nuclear power industry and its regulators, whose aim is to make the
risk of accidents as low, and thus the reactors as safe, as is reasonably achievable.
Nuclear accidents can release radioactive iodine into the environment, increasing the
risk of thyroid cancer in exposed individuals, especially children [55,56].
Potassium iodide (KI) is an over-the-counter supplement that, when taken within hours after a
nuclear accident (or attack on
nuclear facilities) may help protect the thyroid from the
risk of thyroid cancer.
And we can dramatically increase the
risk of a more acute, devastating Fukishima - style
accident by rapidly increasing our use
of nuclear power.
Surely the theoretical
risk of accidents (catastrophes if you like) associated with civil
nuclear reactors are on an insignificant scale relative to the
risks faced by humanity by running out
of energy.
In the Proceedings
of the National Academy
of Sciences: «Evaluation
of radiation doses and associated
risk from the Fukushima
nuclear accident to marine biota and human consumers
of seafood.»
You have a greater
risk of being seriously injured stepping in or out
of the tub than you do from a
nuclear accident.
The Act arises from a letter from a group
of health physicists who pointed out that the limited understanding
of low - dose health
risks impairs the nation's decision - making capabilities, whether in responding to radiological events involving large populations such as the 2011 Fukushima
accident or in areas such as the rapid increase in radiation - based medical procedures, the cleanup
of radioactive contamination from legacy sites and the expansion
of civilian
nuclear energy.
One
of the
risks of nuclear power is a catastrophic
accident like the one at Chernobyl in Russia.
Opponents have long maintained the health and environmental
risks associated with uranium mining and
nuclear waste alongside the threat
of nuclear power plant
accidents...
The major
accidents at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania and Chernobyl in the then - Soviet Union show that human error is the biggest
risk in the operation
of nuclear plants.
Enforcing fire and earthquake regulations, addressing flood
risks, and safer storage for
nuclear waste are just a few
of the ways we can help prevent
nuclear accidents.
According to Evaluation
of radiation doses and associated
risk from the Fukushima
nuclear accident to marine biota and human consumers
of seafood in the Proceedings
of the National Academy
of Sciences,
Insurmountable
Risks: The Dangers
of Using
Nuclear Power to Combat Global Climate Change, produced by the non-profit Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER), documents accident, proliferation and contamination threats associated with reviving the nuclear industry as part of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emi
Nuclear Power to Combat Global Climate Change, produced by the non-profit Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER), documents
accident, proliferation and contamination threats associated with reviving the
nuclear industry as part of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emi
nuclear industry as part
of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
After the Fukushima
accident in Japan, Germany began mothballing its entire
nuclear fleet, but some
of its citizens fear they could still be at
risk from
nuclear accidents across the border with Belgium.
«Current legislation and practice in France does not require the owner or op - erators
of nuclear power plants to cover the entire
risk of severe
accident, but limits their liability.
Friends
of the Earth Europe has expressed alarm that the Heads
of State cast a role for
nuclear power in Europe's energy future, without offering solutions to its unsolved problems: how to treat and store waste for thousands
of years, the
risk of serious
accidents, the proliferation
of nuclear weapon material and how to secure
nuclear plants against terrorist attacks.