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A Primer on Nuclear Safety: 2.1 Defense in Depth
Posted on October 13, 2008
A Primer on Nuclear Safety:2.1.1 Defense in DepthLight Water Reactors - Physical BarriersThe Defense in Depth philosophy is applied to the release of radioactive materials from inside the core of light water reactors. Helen Caldicott, the ceaseless critic of nuclear power notesNuclear power creates massive quantities of radioactive isotopes, which are classified as nuclear waste. Among these materials are strontium 90, . . cesium 137 . . . plutonium, . . . plutonium has a radioactive life of half a million years. It enters the body through the lung, where it is known to cause cancer. It mimi...
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