Health and safety record of the nuclear industry

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dc.contributor.authorCarter, MWen_AU
dc.contributor.authorCarruthers, Een_AU
dc.contributor.authorButton, JCEen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2007-11-22T04:14:50Zen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-30T04:32:32Zen_AU
dc.date.available2007-11-22T04:14:50Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-04-30T04:32:32Zen_AU
dc.date.issued1975-09en_AU
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the claim of the nuclear industry to have an excellent safety record, in terms of health and accident records of workers in the industry. It does not consider accidents which have not resulted in harm to the workers' health. The nuclear industry is considered to include all work with ionising radiation's and radioactive materials, in education, research, medicine and industry. Since 'safety' is not an absolute concept, comparisons are made with the published records of other industries, and a study is made of the performance of the nuclear industry in relation to its own safety criteria. Data are presented on the radiation exposure of nuclear workers in Europe, America, India and Australia, in relation to the internationally recommended limits, and there is some discussion of the risks involved in these limits. The death rate in parts of the nuclear industry in America, the United Kingdom, and Australia is presented and compared with the death rate for other industries in those countries, and a listing is made of deaths caused by radiation in the period 1945 to 1968. Injury rates for the US and Australian nuclear industries are also compared with the injury rates for other industries in these countries. Consideration is given to the safety record of individual components of the nuclear industry (using the wide definition of this industry given above), special attention being given to health records or uranium miners, plutonium workers and radiologists. Although there are difficulties in obtaining sufficiently detailed information of this kind it is considered that the data presented, relative to any reasonable standard, demonstrate that the nuclear industry has a safety record to be proud of.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationCarter, M. W., Button, J. C. E., & Carruthers, E. W. (1975). Health and safety record of the nuclear industry (AAEC/IP8). Lucas Heights, NSW: Australian Atomic Energy Commission, Research Establishment.en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc342en_AU
dc.identifier.isbn0642997128en_AU
dc.identifier.otherAAEC-IP-8en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/208en_AU
dc.language.isoen_auen_AU
dc.publisherAustralian Atomic Energy Commissionen_AU
dc.subjectNuclear industryen_AU
dc.subjectRadiation hazardsen_AU
dc.subjectWorking conditionsen_AU
dc.subjectComparative evaluationsen_AU
dc.subjectSafetyen_AU
dc.subjectRadiation dosesen_AU
dc.titleHealth and safety record of the nuclear industryen_AU
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