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In reply to the discussion: Is solar really four times the cost of nuclear? No, but… [View all]OKIsItJustMe
(21,875 posts)48. And there it is! Your tell! The smiley!
That means you know you have an indefensible position. So, rather than address the point at hand, you decide to mock your opponent.
I notice you completely ignored the first paragraph I quoted.
Regarding the emergency workers with doses lower than those causing ARS symptoms, the Expert Group report referred to studies carried out on 61,000 emergency Russian workers where a total of 4995 deaths from this group were recorded during 1991-1998. "The number of deaths in Russian emergency workers attributable to radiation caused by solid neoplasms and circulatory system diseases can be estimated to be about 116 and 100 cases respectively." Furthermore, "the number of leukaemia cases attributable to radiation in this cohort can be estimated to be about 30." Thus, 4.6% of the number of deaths in this group are attributable to radiation-induced diseases. (The estimated average external dose for this group was 107 mSv.) From this study, it could be possible to arrive at an estimate of the mortality rate attributable to Chernobyl radiation for the rest of the Russian emergency workers (192,000 persons), as well as for the Belarusian and Ukrainian emergency workers (74,000 and 291,000 persons, respectively). Such estimates, however, have not yet been made and would depend on several assumptions, including that the age, gender and dose distributions are similar in these groups.
So, even the World Nuclear Association admits at least
The WNA points out that while this study could be used to estimate other deaths, that analysis has not been done. However, (unlike you) the WNA does not suggest undocumented deaths did not occur.
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people of chernobyl are anxiously awaiting the arrival of "cheap, low cost" nuclear nt
msongs
Jun 2013
#1
Kiev, Ukraine, 20 April 2011 - Secretary-General's remarks at "25 Years after Chernobyl Catastrophe:
OKIsItJustMe
Jul 2013
#23
Non sequitur - I thought the topic was the safety of nuclear fission plants
OKIsItJustMe
Jul 2013
#57
Nuclear never cheaper once total life cycle including waste & decommission included
on point
Jul 2013
#39