Fukushima Aftermath/Public health impacts of nuclear power plants
Relative human exposure from nuclear vs. fossil fuels
[edit | edit source]Relative radiation exposures
- Nuclear .004
- Natural terrestrial radiation 240
- Naturally occurring in human body (bones, etc.) 40
Japan and the Future of Nuclear Energy [1]
Public health impacts
[edit | edit source]The public health effects of a nuclear power plant are far less than that of coal, lignite, oil, gas and even photovoltaic. [2][3][4] Only wind power weighs in with lower numbers in terms of the parameters of
- years of life lost
- respiratory hospital admissions
- cerbrovascular hospital admissions (stroke)
- congestive heart failure
- and others.
In terms of lost activity days, the comparisons were stark:
- 1303 for coal
- 12,248 for oil
- 1446 for gas
- 1977 for photovoltaic
- 314 nuclear.
Similar results obtained for years of life lost
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Burton Richter director emeritus SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (April 11, 2011). Japan and the Future of Nuclear Energy (video conference). Stanford University.
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