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If possible comparisons are focused on energy systems, nuclear power safety is also estimated to be superior to all electricity generation methods except for natural gas (30). Figure 3 is a plot of that comparison in terms of estimated total deaths to workers and the pubHc and includes deaths associated with secondary processes in the entire fuel cycle. The poorer safety record of the alternatives to nuclear power can be attributed to fataUties in transportation, where comparatively enormous amounts of fossil fuel transport are involved. Continuous or daily refueling of fossil fuel plants is required as compared to refueling a nuclear plant from a few tmckloads only once over a period of one to two years. This disadvantage appHes to solar and wind as well because of the necessary assumption that their backup power in periods of no or Httie wind or sun is from fossil-fuel generation. Now death or serious injury has resulted from radiation exposure from commercial nuclear power plants in the United States (31). 

Nero, A.V., Indoor Radiation Exposures from 222Rn and its Daughters A view of the Issue, Health Physics, 45 273-288 (1983). 

Radiation Exposure From Consumer Products and Miscella-... 

Radiation exposure from both natural and human sources varies widely. Background radiation depends on the local geology and elevation. Areas where radioactive rocks are located close to the surface or where mining has exposed mineral deposits have higher background levels. Higher... 

Public Radiation Exposure from Nuclear Power Generation... 

Radiation Exposure from Consumer Products and Miscellaneous Sources (1977). [Superseded by NCRP Report No. 95]... 

How many additional cancer deaths do you expect to see as a result of the radiation exposure from this attack List your assumptions and explain your reasoning. 

In following months and years, more nearby residents became concerned that any health problems, including cancer, miscarriages, anxiety-related symptoms, and birth defects were the result of radiation exposure from the TMI accident. In all cases, it was determined that insufficient radioactivity had escaped and the accident was not the cause of these symptoms. Even after more than 2 decades, however, this remains a contentious issue. 

Effective dose was a parameter used to assess biological risk related to radiation exposure, from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Children are a worst case estimate because they absorb higher doses than adults. With the exception of the hip scans in 1- and 5-year-old children, the effective doses were below the negligible individual dose limit of 1 mrem per year (Thomas et al, 2005). 

Average individual radiation exposures from various sources... 

Fitzgerald, J.E. and Sensitaffar, E.L., Radiation exposure from construction materials utilizing by-product gypsum from phosphate mining. In Mogihissi et al. (eds.). Radioactivity in consumer products, pp. 351-368. Report NUREG/CP-OOOl. Washington Nucl. Reg. Commission, 1978. 

Jacobi, W., Schmier, H. and Schwibach, J., Comparison of radiation exposure from coal-fired and nuclear power plants in the Federal Republic of Germany. In Health Impacts of Different Sources of Energy, pp. 215-227. IAEA, Vienna, 1982. 

Philipp, G., Pfister, H. and Pauly, H., Occupational radiation exposure from natural radionuclides in phosphate fertilizers and its contribution to the exposure of the population in the FRG (in German). In Kellermann H.J. (ed.). Radioactivity and Environment, Vol. 12, pp. 890-901. Fachhverband fiir Strahlenschutz, Karlsruhe, 1978. 

Using information on pages 776 and 778 of your text, compare the radiation exposure from a chest X ray to the exposure from smoking two packs of cigarettes a day for a year. 

Butler GC, Veld A. 1967. Evaluation of radiation exposure from internal deposition of three bone-seeking radionuclides. Health Phys 13(8) 916-918. 

NCRP. 1987b. Public radiation exposure from nuclear power generation in the United States. National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. Report No. 92. Bethesda, MD. 

Fig, 2, Effects of high-energy electron irradiation at -135°C on frozen solutions of fluorescein isothiocyanate-coupled glutamate dehydrogenase. Surviving enzyme activity (O) (RIS) and intensity of Coomassie blue stain of the monomer subunit on the gel electrophoregrams ( ) (target size) as a function of radiation exposure. (From Kempner and Miller, 1983.)... 

Air sampling is required around nuclear facilities and in populated areas that may be exposed to elevated radionuclide levels to evaluate radiation exposure from external or inhaled radionuclides. Airborne radionuclides may be in the form of a gas, vapor, or particles. Different sampling techniques are employed depending on the radionuclide of interest, its form, and the sample volume required to reach the detection limit. Samples may be collected at fixed stations or from vehicles moving on the ground or in the air. 

However, Aese indications for thyroid uptake have virtually disappeared, first because of the replacement of TSH stimulation test by sensitive TSH assays (H4, 18) and, second, by the replacement of tests of thyroid autonomy, such as the Ts suppression tests by TRH stimulation tests (see Section 5.3). This restricts the application of diyroid uptake tests mainly to a few special areas, particularly as a key test in the elucidation of patients with biosynthetic goiter. Many of these patients are children, and it is desirable to use in these as it has been shown that the radiation exposure from the standard dose of is approximately % of the exposure from the equivalait dose of (H18). Another advantage in using is that repeated studies in the one patient are possible, as its half-life is 2.2 hours compared with 8 days for I, and therefore there are no errors from residual activity from a previous dose. 

Comprehensive radiation survey has been carried out to ensure shielding efficiency in the cells having primary radiation components and cover gas system. The measured dose rates have been found to be less than the design values. The average annual collective dose is 2.2 P-mSv. This indicates very low radiation exposure from the plant. 

Low dispersible radioactive material has properties such that it will not give rise to significant potential releases or exposures. Even when subjected to high velocity impact and thermal environments, only a limited fraction of the material will become airborne. Potential radiation exposure from inhalation of airborne material by persons in the vicinity of an accident would be very limited. 

GELDER, R., Radiation Exposure from the Normal Transport of Radioactive Materials within the United Kingdom, NRPB-M255, National Radiological Protection Board, Chilton, UK (1991). 

Health Physics Society. Radiation Exposure from Medical Diagnostic Imaging Procedures available at http //hps.a-g/documents/ meddiagimaging.pdf (accessed February 11, 2009). 

I never saw the results of their work, although I learned their conclusions indirectly from published reports. Contrary to expectations, the research found no long-term deleterious effects from the fallout. There was a transient elevation of white blood cells in children. Subsequent studies by the Nagasaki University Medical School as well as the Radiation Effects Research Foundation also indicated that the relatively small total radiation exposure from the fallout apparently was insufficient to cause death or long-term injury. But research continues to this day. And so does the controversy. ... 

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