| Main Title |
Impacts on human health from the coal and nuclear fuel cycles and other technologies associated with electric power generation and transmission |
| Author |
Radford, Edward P.
|
| CORP Author |
Ohio River Basin Energy Study, Urbana, IL.;Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. |
| Publisher |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, |
| Year Published |
1980 |
| Report Number |
EPA-600/7-81-055; PB82207127 |
| Stock Number |
PB82\-207127 |
| OCLC Number |
243776719 |
| Subjects |
Coal-fired power plants--Environmental aspects ;
Nuclear power plants--Environmental aspects ;
Environmental health ;
Coal mines and mining--Environmental aspects ;
Uranium mines and mining--Environmental aspects
|
| Additional Subjects |
Coal ;
Industrial hygiene ;
Occupational diseases ;
Injuries ;
Nuclear fuels ;
Radiation effects ;
Nuclear power plants ;
Uranium ;
Electric power generation ;
Electric power transmission ;
Nuclear facilities ;
Environmental health ;
Fuel fabrication plants ;
Occupational safety and health
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| Internet Access |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EJBD |
EPA 600/7-81-055 |
|
Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
08/15/2008 |
| NTIS |
PB82-207127 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
|
07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
{61} p. ; 28 cm. |
| Abstract |
The report evaluates major public health impacts of electric power generation and transmission associated with the nuclear fuel cycle and with coal use. Only existing technology is evaluated. For the nuclear cycle, effects of future use of fuel reprocessing and long-term radioactive waste disposal are briefly considered. The health effects of concern are those leading to definable human disease and injury. Health effects are scaled to numbers of persons and activities associated with a nominal 1000-megawatt electric plant fueled by either option. Comparison of the total health effects to the general public shows that the health risks from the coal cycle are about 50 times greater than for the nuclear cycle (coal, 0.7-3.7 major health effects per 1000 MWe per year; nuclear, 0.03-0.05 per 1000 MWe per year). For workers, these rates are higher. No evidence is found that electrical transmission contributes any health effects to the general public, except when broken power lines come in contact with people. |
| Notes |
Subcontract under prime contract R805588. EJB copy stamped "Draft." This ORBES document was sent to EPA from the Ohio River Basin Energy Study. It appeared a few months later as an EPA document: EPA-600/7-81-055. Link to EPA document. Includes bibliographical references. |
