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- Title
RADIATION RISK TO FUTURE GENERATIONS FROM LONG-LIVED RADIOACTIVE WASTE.
- Authors
Nusbaum, Neil J.
- Abstract
The article reports on the continuous inventory collection of radioactive waste products in nuclear power industry involving its radiation risk to future generations in the U.S. The administration of the permanent respiratory for radioactive waste products has been encountering delayed in technical difficulties and political controversy. The federal Environmental Protection Agency announces the revision of proposed standards including the ten years radioactive waste storage and the period of ten thousand years into the future. The storage facility includes overlying vegetation as its physical characteristics and integrity.
- Subjects
UNITED States; NUCLEAR industry; RADIOACTIVE waste disposal safety measures; ENVIRONMENTAL protection; ENVIRONMENTAL policy; RADIATION; UNITED States. Environmental Protection Agency; VEGETATION management; ENVIRONMENTALISM
- Publication
Journal of Community Health, 2006, Vol 31, Issue 5, p363
- ISSN
0094-5145
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10900-006-9020-x