| Document ID (ISN) | 38503 |
| CIS number |
82-1755 |
| ISBN(s) |
011-883274-3 |
| Year |
1980 |
| Convention or series no. |
HSE Research Paper 11
|
| Author(s) |
Cohen A.V., Pritchard D.K.
Health and Safety Executive |
| Title |
Comparative risks of electricity production systems: a critical survey of the literature |
| Bibliographic information |
H.M. Stationery Office, P.O. Box 569, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom, Dec. 1980. 31p. 87 ref. Price: £2.00. |
| Abstract |
Contents: cross-comparison of electricity production systems by type of risk; mining, processing, transport and storage of fuel (coal, uranium, fuel oil); occupational hazards of power station operation (estimates of accidental deaths, injuries and cancer incidence; chronic sulfur toxicity); occupational cancer hazard; mutagenic effects; major incidents (nuclear, non-nuclear); long-term waste effects (nuclear, non-nuclear). |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational accidents; occupational diseases; nuclear power stations; thermal power stations; electric power generation |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
ionizing radiation; carcinogenic effects; radiation protection; literature survey; nuclear fuels; pulverized-fuel systems; reactors; workplace monitoring; coal; toxic substances; fuel oils; industrial waste; explosion hazards; disposal of radioactive waste; long-term exposure; chronic toxicity; explosion research; environmental pollution; sulfur; research; mutagenic effects |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Subject(s) |
Power generation and distribution
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Genetic factors in reaction to exposures
Power generation and distribution
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