Towards solving a scientific controversy – The effects of ionising radiation on the environment

N. A. Beresford; N. Horemans; D. Copplestone; K. E. Raines; G. Orizaola; M. D. Wood; P. Laanen; H. C. Whitehead; J. E. Burrows; M. C. Tinsley; J. T. Smith; J. M. Bonzom; B. Gagnaire; C. Adam-Guillermin; S. Gashchak; A. N. Jha; Menezes A de; N. Willey; D. Spurgeon

doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2019.106033

Towards solving a scientific controversy – The effects of ionising radiation on the environment

N. A. Beresford^*, N. Horemans, D. Copplestone, K. E. Raines, G. Orizaola, M. D. Wood, P. Laanen, H. C. Whitehead, J. E. Burrows, M. C. Tinsley, J. T. Smith, J. M. Bonzom, B. Gagnaire, C. Adam-Guillermin, S. Gashchak, A. N. Jha, Menezes A de, N. Willey, D. Spurgeon

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Background. Human use of radioactivity is increasing in fields such as nuclear power generation and nuclear medicine. Nuclear power continues to be a part of many countries’ energy portfolios and may increase dramatically in some Asian countries and Russia, with up to 300 new reactors currently proposed; other countries without existing nuclear power programmes are beginning to develop them (e.g. some African nations and Persian Gulf states). Worldwide there are c.450 operating nuclear power plants (NPPs) and 60 under construction (World Nuclear Association 2019). The continued use of nuclear power is considered, by some, as essential in the transition to low-carbon economies (e.g. Liu et al. 2013). At the same time, many nations face having to develop long-term strategies, and consequent infrastructure, to manage high-level radioactive waste (as arising from nuclear power production); other nations are challenged with legacy issues associated with past and on-going uranium mining and processing.

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Pages (from-to)	106033-106033
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Journal	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
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Early online date	24 Aug 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2019.106033
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Beresford, N. A., Horemans, N., Copplestone, D., Raines, K. E., Orizaola, G., Wood, M. D., Laanen, P., Whitehead, H. C., Burrows, J. E., Tinsley, M. C., Smith, J. T., Bonzom, J. M., Gagnaire, B., Adam-Guillermin, C., Gashchak, S., Jha, A. N., de, M. A., Willey, N., & Spurgeon, D. (2019). Towards solving a scientific controversy – The effects of ionising radiation on the environment. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 0(0), 106033-106033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2019.106033

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