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Re: Looking For Good Books (environmental radioactivity)



I guess that you consider Chernobyl a "very localized effect."  In that respect,

so's a bullet; not much comfort if you happen to be in the way.



The opinions expressed are strictly mine.

It's not about dose, it's about trust.

Curies forever.



Bill Lipton

liptonw@dteenergy.com







Jerry Cohen wrote:



> Others have recommended some excellent references to help you. Let me offer

> a few items that you may find interesting:

> 1) In the entire history of the world, there has never been a time when

> radioactivity was not present. We therefore have no insight on what a

> radiation-free environment would be like.

> 2) The effect of any radioactivity added to the general environment as a

> result of  human activities (except for  very localized effects) is

> insignificant relative to that which occurs naturally. For example, if all

> the electrical power  in the world for the next 100 years were generated

> only by nuclear plants, and all of the resulting nuclear waste, after 10

> years of decay, were equally distributed in the world's oceans, the net

> hazard from oceanic radioactivity would be increased by 1/10,000th of 1.0%

> above that due to its naturally occurring radioactive content (predominately

> radium & uranium).

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: Naamah <Frr-1@attbi.com>

> To: <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 6:55 PM

> Subject: Looking For Good Books

>

> > Hi Everyone

> >

> > I was wondering if anyone here could reccomend any good books that cover

> the

> > effect radioactive materials have on the environment. I have to write a

> > research paper for my biology class (about human impact on the

> environment)

> > and chose to discuss radioactive materials being that Im highly fascinated

> > by them. I wish to portray radioactives in the best possible light - in

> > other words I dont want to use some anti-nuclear greenpeace propaganda or

> > something similar as a source. If someone could direct me something that

> is

> > of decent or better acedemic quality (more info less propaganda), I would

> be

> > very grateful.

> >

> > Thanks!

> > -C

> >

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