Wikibooks

Fukushima Aftermath/Public health impacts of nuclear power plants

< Fukushima Aftermath

Relative human exposure from nuclear vs. fossil fuels

edit

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

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
  1. ↑ Burton Richter director emeritus SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (April 11, 2011). Japan and the Future of Nuclear Energy (video conference). Stanford University. {{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help)
  2. ↑ Kerwitt; et al. Public Health Impacts per TWh. Germany. {{cite book}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)
  3. ↑ "Risk Analysis". 18 (4). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ Burton Richter director emeritus SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (April 11, 2011). Japan and the Future of Nuclear Energy (video conference). Stanford University. {{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Fukushima_Aftermath/Public_health_impacts_of_nuclear_power_plants&oldid=3256231"