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Over the past several years, a number of investigators have attempted estimates of the risks to health from the operation of nuclear power plants1. Quite consistently these studies have concluded that the generation of electricity from nuclear fuels is no more hazardous, and may well be considerably less hazardous, than generation of an equal quantity of electrical energy from, conventional sources, and in one study from solar generation2. Other studies demonstrate that nuclear generation is more economic than generation from fossil fuels, and the growing worldwide commitment to nuclear by private utilities suggests that their experience is consistent with that conclusion.
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Sagan, L.A. (1981). Have the Nuclear Power Risk Assessors Failed?. In: Berg, G.G., Maillie, H.D. (eds) Measurement of Risks. Environmental Science Research, vol 21. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4052-2_16
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