Between these extremes, the best and worst possible uses of nuclear energy must be considered. Since all radioactive materials emit energy which has the power to damage living tissue, it is obvious that attention must be directed toward preventing undue radiation exposure in man. The energy ...
Radioactive Pollution: Definition, Effects & Solution What is Radioactive Pollution? Types of Radiations Types of Radiation Particles Sources/Causes of Radioactive Pollution Effects of Radioactive Pollution Solutions to Control Radioactive Pollution Summary Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) – Radioactive ...
This paper uses a large UK cohort to investigate the impact of early-life pollution exposure on individuals’ human capital and health outcomes in older age. We compare individuals who were exposed to the London smog in December 1952 whilst in utero or in infancy to those born after the smog...
The zone of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster represents the largest area of chronic low﹊ntensity radioactive impact on the natural ecosystems. The effects of chronic lowヾose irradiation for natural populations of organisms and their offspring are unknown. The natural populations of Drosophila ...
Monte Carlo (MC) particle transport modelling was carried out using GEANT4.10.373to simulate particle emissions from radioactive decay (see Supplementary Section S1.1) and using GATE version 874to calculate the energy deposition that results from particle interactions. ...
In the event of a radioactive material fallout following a nuclear disaster at a power plant, or a terrorist attack, potassium iodide can to some extent protect the thyroid gland from developing cancer following exposure to the radioactive isotopes of iodine (Iodine 131, or radioiodine), however...
I do not here make any ethical judgement on these activities: I simply wish to make the point that many actions which damage or alter the ecosystem are allowed because of their perceived benefits. Though I do not believe that regulated radioactive releases do any significant damage to the ecos...
In contrast, analysis of the Techa River data for mortality (Schonfeld et al.2013), and incidence of (Davis et al.2015), solid cancers provides evidence for an excess risk related to enhanced exposure to radiation as a result of radioactive contamination, but the ERR/Gy estimates are simila...
Many of these uncertainties are obvious ones: if the course of a snowstorm cannot be predicted 1 day ahead in peacetime, one must certainly be cautious about predictions of the pattern of radioactive fallout on some un- known future day. Similar complexities exist for human institutions: there ...
Other contributors to this volume have dealt in detail with the biological basis of radiation damage to normal tissues unavoidably included in the treatment volume. However, it is perhaps salutary to remember that the greatest radiotherapeutic advance of the last 30 or so years has been that the...