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Plutonium -deadly gold of nuclear age (1992)
| Author | IPPNW, IEER |
| Date | 1992 |
| Classification | 6.01.2.55/04 (PLUTONIUM - GENERAL) |
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From the publication:
PLUTONIUM
Deadly Gold of the Nuclear Age
by a special commission of International Physicians for the Prevention
of Nuclear War and The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
Hundreds of tons of plutonium have been produced since World War II. The Cold
War is over yet production of plutonium; one of the most potent cancer-causing
substances known to humankind, continues in several countries. While much of it
is allegedly now for civilian power generation all plutonium can be used for nuclear
weapons and proliferation by sale or theft is an increasing risk. Further plutonium
production ("reprocessing") generates great volumes of highly radioactive liquid
wastes which under certain conditions can explode as occurred in the Soviet Union
in 1957. There is as yet no suitable method for disposing of these wastes or the
plutonium itself. This book the second report of IPPNW's Commission examines
the health environmental and security risks posed by plutonium and its Wastes
and points the way toward a solution.
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