NUCLEAR CONTAMINATION - a Technological Geohazard of the 21st Century

24/06/98


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Table of Contents

NUCLEAR CONTAMINATION - a Technological Geohazard of the 21st Century

Introduction

Aims

Radioactive Waste

Sources

Disposal

Effects

Our Legacy

THE POTENTIAL GEOHAZARD OF NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS

NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS

THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT

EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH

EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT

Margaret Thatcher: “a Chernobyl accident could never happen here, the record of our nuclear industry is absolutely superb”

ACCIDENTS AT SELLAFIELD

CONCLUSION

EFFECTS OF RADIOACTIVITY AND PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS

Radiation and Health

Research

Public Understanding about nuclear power

Public Knowledge Continued

Conclusion

Conclusion

Author: B Thompson, A Swain, R Twigg