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Are there any health hazards associated with the way nuclear power plants produce energy?
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∙ 13y ago
The most serious possible hazard is a release of coolant event combined with damage to fuel such that active fission products can be released into the atmosphere. Reactor design aims to reduce this possibility to a very low level, say a probability of one in 10 million per year of operation. This depends on accurately and systematically working through all possible fault chains, and I believe this is done thoroughly for all US and European designs.
Anything else is minor in comparison.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe intense radiation from fission, and the long life of the radioactive spent fuel, are the main hazards, and certainly they present health hazards. A large part of the design and operational effort must be devoted to making the plants safe. This has been mostly successful, with a few failures such as the Chernobyl incident. The people most exposed to nuclear energy, ie the plant operating staff, generally have better than average health records, so this shows the safety measures are effective, and that the working environment does not have long or short term effects. This is probably helped by having regular medical checks on the personnel.
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∙ 11y agobhbbh
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