Document Details
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Title:
Nuclear Power and the Environment
Subject Terms:
Understanding the Atom Series
Document Type:
BOOK
Publication Date:
1969 Jan 01
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
36 pg
Accession Number:
Atom36
Originating Research Org.:
US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
OpenNet Entry Date:
2014 Jul 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2014 Jul 22
Description/Abstract:
Increasing concern is being expressed about the environmental effects of electrical generating plants, both conventional and nuclear. The AEC has prepared this booklet to discuss for nuclear power plants those matters that appear to be the basis for this concern, and, in the process, hopefully to put them into better perspective. This report concentrates on a discussion of the radiological and thermal aspects of the environmental effects of nuclear power plants; on the procedures followed by the AEC to minimize the impact of nuclear plants on man and his environment; and on the research conducted by the AEC and others to further expand our knowledge.