NUCLEAR
POWER STATION
HAS VERY
LITTLE EFFECT ON THE
ENVIRONMENT
Radioactivity from nuclear power stations only accounts for
a minute portion of total radioactivity.
Source
% of total population exposed to radiation
Average annual dose of persons exposed to radiation (mSv)
% of total radiation
Natural
100
1.24
83.7
background
Medical
100
0.20
13.5
X-rays
Fallout from
100
0.04
2.7
nuclear weapons
testing
Nuclear
22
0.0001
0.007
industry
Total
1.48
100
Total population = 205,000,000
These actual data published in the United States prove
normal working conditions,
under
of
gases
and
liquids
that
the radioactivity of discharge
from a
nuclear
power
has station
a
negligible effect on the public at large and the environment.
The radioactivity of various liquids
becquerel/liter
Radioactive waste liquid discharge from
a model nuclear power station
Domestic mains water
River water
4% beer
Sea water
Whisky
0.04-0.4
0.7
0.4
-
5
10
40
Milk
50
181
Salad dressing
The becquerel is a unit for measuring
radioactivity,
to low radioactivity of one disintegration per second.
24
equivalent