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  2. Environmental impact of nuclear power - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear power activities involving the environment; mining, enrichment, generation and geological disposal. Nuclear power has various environmental impacts, both positive and negative, including the construction and operation of the plant, the nuclear fuel cycle, and the effects of nuclear accidents.

  3. Effects of nuclear explosions on human health - Wikipedia

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    The medical effects of the atomic bomb upon humans can be put into the four categories below, with the effects of larger thermonuclear weapons producing blast and thermal effects so large that there would be a negligible number of survivors close enough to the center of the blast who would experience prompt/acute radiation effects, which were observed after the 16 kiloton yield Hiroshima bomb ...

  4. Effects of nuclear explosions - Wikipedia

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    The effects of a nuclear explosion on its immediate vicinity are typically much more destructive and multifaceted than those caused by conventional explosives.In most cases, the energy released from a nuclear weapon detonated within the lower atmosphere can be approximately divided into four basic categories: [1]

  5. Chernobyl effects ‘overestimated’ says Blair Institute as it ...

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    The report said that there had only been two major accidents in the “entire history of nuclear energy”: Chernobyl and the Fukushima disaster of 2011 “and the effects of these, while serious ...

  6. Environmental impact of electricity generation - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear energy and renewable energy have reduced environmental costs by decreasing CO 2 emissions resulting from energy consumption. [42] There is a catastrophic risk potential if containment fails, [43] which in nuclear reactors can be brought about by overheated fuels melting and releasing large quantities of fission products into the ...

  7. Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents - Wikipedia

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    Social scientist and energy policy expert, Benjamin K. Sovacool has reported that worldwide there have been 99 accidents at nuclear power plants from 1952 to 2009 (defined as incidents that either resulted in the loss of human life or more than US$50,000 of property damage, the amount the US federal government uses to define major energy ...

  8. Uranium in the environment - Wikipedia

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    Uranium in the environment is a global health concern, and comes from both natural and man-made sources. Beyond naturally occurring uranium, mining, phosphates in agriculture, weapons manufacturing, and nuclear power are anthropogenic sources of uranium in the environment.

  9. Environmental impact of the energy industry - Wikipedia

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    The study also found that the environmental and health costs of nuclear power, per unit of energy delivered, was €0.0019/kWh, which was found to be lower than that of many renewable sources including that caused by biomass and photovoltaic solar panels, and was thirty times lower than coal at €0.06/kWh, or 6 cents/kWh, with the energy ...