There has been much debate about paternal pre-conceptual exposure to low level ionising radiation and possible increased risk of ill health among the children subsequently conceived. The prevalence of reported learning difficulties was examined in over 16000 children born to UK nuclear industry workers, using fathers' information on exposure from the workers' individual employment and dosimetry...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether children of men and women occupationally exposed to ionising radiation are at increased risk of developing leukaemia or other cancers before their 25th birthday. DESIGN Cohort study of children of nuclear industry employees. SETTING Nuclear establishments operated by the Atomic Energy Authority, Atomic Weapons Establishment, and British Nuclear Fuels. SUBJEC...

The cover shows the sun over a nuclear power station. Tritium is generated by nuclear fusion reactions in the sun and would be generated in terrestrial nuclear fusion power production. It is also produced as part of the fuel cycle in current nuclear fi ssion power production and has several uses in industry.

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It is anticipated that guided ultrasonic wave (GUW) techniques will eventually see widespread application in the nuclear power industry as there are several near-term and future needs that could benefit from the availability of GUW technologies. Already, GUW techniques are receiving consideration for inspecting buried piping at nuclear power plants and future applications may include several Cl...

The authors developed mathematical models to quantify the impact of accidents on the U.S. nuclear power industry radionuclide air emissions incidence risk. Additionally, sensitivity analysis was performed on the terms in those models. The number of accidents of a given size needed to equilibrate the nuclear power industry leukemia incidence risk with the coal power industry leukemia incidence r...

The erythrocyte abnormality test was analyzed in kidney cells of freshwater fish, Labeo rohita exposed to tannery industry effluent. The 96h LC50 value of tannery effluent against fish was calculated by Finney method and it comes out to be 7.07%. Three sublethal concentrations on basis of 96h LC50 value (3.53%, 1.76% and 0.88%) were selected. Fishes were exposed to these concentrations for 24h,...

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Nuclear decommissioning faces significant challenges on technical, financial, social and political grounds, requiring adequate technologies, sound funding, solutions for management of generated waste, as well a large competent workforce. By examining the narratives gathered from experienced individuals, organisations community leaders involved in formal process at two different sites UK, this p...

In 1987, the curriculum of Environmental Sciences was introduced at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ([Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich], ETHZ). The curriculum was motivated by demands and pressures that characterize our post-industrial age, particularly the necessity to understand complex environmental problems and assess their long term impacts from an interdisciplinary...