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Nuclear Power, No Thanks?
Juan José Gómez Cadenassubject
Waste managementlawbusiness.industryNuclear power plantHigh dosesEnvironmental scienceRadioactive wasteNuclear powerNuclear plantbusinessCancer risklaw.inventionMarie curiedescription
The greatest misunderstanding related to nuclear energy, which is continuously exploited by its opponents, is the nature of radioactivity. Pierre and Marie Curie carried in the pockets of their laboratory coats test tubes full of highly radioactive substances, unaware that gamma radiation could be harmful at high doses. In contrast, antinuclear propaganda has been so effective that most people are convinced that any radioactive “leakage” is deadly or that radioactive waste has to be buried at a depth of kilometers to avoid harmful effects—in fact, a few meters of soil is enough to absorb even the most intense gamma radiation—or that cancer risk grows exponentially due to nuclear power plants—which, fortunately enough for French citizens, isn’t true.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-01-01 |