Discussion 20.6: please help!! repositories. This Discussion/Investigation Questions 20.1 Consider the pros and cons of...
repositories. This Discussion/Investigation Questions 20.1 Consider the pros and cons of the public health ge above ground security. Nuclear response, including mandatory evacuations, to low evels of environmental radiation following the Fukushima-Daichi incident. Find estimates of the cost n terms of both money and human life, of the evacu ation. Estimate the expected additional cancer deaths that might have occurred were no action taken 20.2 Investigate and discuss the physics and public healt issues raised by the radium watch-dial painters of the 1920s, the Daghlian criticality accident in 1945, the Co contamination accident that occurred in Goiânia Brazil in 1987, or another incident you choos finitely without a pository for spent el. ly processed to ived fission frag- m, which can be of this approach h has been repro- 60 s. The extracted nto a fuel known 20.3 40K contributes radiation expo sure when it occurs in es (principally of designs (such as ny modification modifications nd 20.4 What are TE the human body and in rocks and soil. Why does the internal exposure come dominantly from electrons and the exposure from 40K decays in rocks and soil come dominantly from almost entirely from γ-rays 20.4 What are TENORMs? Discuss some examples such as coal ash, water treatment wastes, or mine tailings. What causes their radioactivity? How significant are may be designed highly radioactive ed in both volume20.5 Why do you suppose the author of [123] chose Bor- deaux wine for his measurements. Can you suggest oves the actinides ale radioactivity of on for the residual other candidates? The government of Freedonia claims to be developing nuclear reactors for peaceful purposes using enriched nium they have produced from their own isotope separation plants. The IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), which tracks nuclear proliferation, observes that Freedonia's engineers are refueling their reactors monthly. When protests fail, the IAEA brings this to the attention of the United Nations and ask for nctions, claiming that Freedonia is aiming to build a 20.6 r in the history of essing was princi fissile fuel supply rves and resources hortages of natural elcss, reprocessing i extend the fissile nuclear weapon. What is going on? An alternative technology for ultimate disposal of spent nuclear fuel, known as deep borehole disposal, envi- sions using well-understood drilling technologies to confine SNF in stable geological formations far below ground water. Investigate and evaluate the cons of this proposal. There is some controversy about the effects of mod uantity of nuclear ion of spent 20.7 ponizati s discarded directly or it undergoes one pros and (as is true in much d end of the line is 20.8 erately increased radiation levels on ecosystem health Following the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, and the resulting human evacuation of the area, animal tions in the area increased both in size and in diversit evidence has suggested, however, that at least te is cast with glass h there are alternate within thick, stain- US, these containers for some species such as barn swallows [127] th has hecome a population sink, not only unable to sus- long-term plan is to sitory. The require-
repositories. This Discussion/Investigation Questions 20.1 Consider the pros and cons of the public health ge above ground security. Nuclear response, including mandatory evacuations, to low evels of environmental radiation following the Fukushima-Daichi incident. Find estimates of the cost n terms of both money and human life, of the evacu ation. Estimate the expected additional cancer deaths that might have occurred were no action taken 20.2 Investigate and discuss the physics and public healt issues raised by the radium watch-dial painters of the 1920s, the Daghlian criticality accident in 1945, the Co contamination accident that occurred in Goiânia Brazil in 1987, or another incident you choos finitely without a pository for spent el. ly processed to ived fission frag- m, which can be of this approach h has been repro- 60 s. The extracted nto a fuel known 20.3 40K contributes radiation expo sure when it occurs in es (principally of designs (such as ny modification modifications nd 20.4 What are TE the human body and in rocks and soil. Why does the internal exposure come dominantly from electrons and the exposure from 40K decays in rocks and soil come dominantly from almost entirely from γ-rays 20.4 What are TENORMs? Discuss some examples such as coal ash, water treatment wastes, or mine tailings. What causes their radioactivity? How significant are may be designed highly radioactive ed in both volume20.5 Why do you suppose the author of [123] chose Bor- deaux wine for his measurements. Can you suggest oves the actinides ale radioactivity of on for the residual other candidates? The government of Freedonia claims to be developing nuclear reactors for peaceful purposes using enriched nium they have produced from their own isotope separation plants. The IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), which tracks nuclear proliferation, observes that Freedonia's engineers are refueling their reactors monthly. When protests fail, the IAEA brings this to the attention of the United Nations and ask for nctions, claiming that Freedonia is aiming to build a 20.6 r in the history of essing was princi fissile fuel supply rves and resources hortages of natural elcss, reprocessing i extend the fissile nuclear weapon. What is going on? An alternative technology for ultimate disposal of spent nuclear fuel, known as deep borehole disposal, envi- sions using well-understood drilling technologies to confine SNF in stable geological formations far below ground water. Investigate and evaluate the cons of this proposal. There is some controversy about the effects of mod uantity of nuclear ion of spent 20.7 ponizati s discarded directly or it undergoes one pros and (as is true in much d end of the line is 20.8 erately increased radiation levels on ecosystem health Following the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, and the resulting human evacuation of the area, animal tions in the area increased both in size and in diversit evidence has suggested, however, that at least te is cast with glass h there are alternate within thick, stain- US, these containers for some species such as barn swallows [127] th has hecome a population sink, not only unable to sus- long-term plan is to sitory. The require-
