Radiation and health - a contradiction of terms?
Keywords:
Radiation effects, radiation monitoring, radiation protection, radioactive waste, nuclear energy, accident prevention, emergenry services, hospital, disaster planning, civil defence, environmental exposure, radioactive pollutants, physicians, family.
Abstract
The siting of the nuclear energy plant at Koeberg near Cape Town, is ill-conceived The author discusses the reasons offered the history of radiation and some of the implications for the people in that area. He then concerns himself with the GPs; their total lack of knowledge, training or facilities to deal with the dangers of radiation or any major accident
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