Nuclear Power Plants
I have been reading a science fiction magazine, presently called
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, since about 1946 without ever missing
an issue. This great science fiction magazine started in January1930 as
Astounding Stories of Super-science - four years before I was born - and
has survived in the publishing business that has seen many great
magazines, of all ilk, flourish and then disappear. The Science Fact
portion of the magazine - usually one fact article per issue - are
truly about science and touch on many fronts that are at best only
mentioned in passing in the world of publishing for Mr.and Mrs.
Everyman. And they are well documented as to source of information.
The reason for this long build-up is that their most recent issue
contained a science fact article called 'TAMING THE GENIE, by C. Stuart
Hardwick', which is an article on nuclear power plants and their
importance to the world at the present time. I have been anti-nuclear
power plant for sometime and was surprised to find my mind's horizon be
so changed by this presentation of facts - in particular about power
generation with associated deaths, and secondly but most importantly
about radiation hazards.
This first post is a quick look at the ratio of deaths to power generation - data from National Resource Council, Natural Academy of Sciences
This first post is a quick look at the ratio of deaths to power generation - data from National Resource Council, Natural Academy of Sciences
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