Health Risks of Energy Systems
- 1 August 1998
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Risk Analysis
- Vol. 18 (4) , 377-383
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.1998.tb00351.x
Abstract
Health risks from fossil, renewable and nuclear reference energy systems are estimated following a detailed impact pathway approach. Using a set of appropriate air quality models and exposure‐effect functions derived from the recent epidemiological literature, a methodological framework for risk assessment has been established and consistently applied across the different energy systems, including the analysis of consequences from a major nuclear accident. A wide range of health impacts resulting from increased air pollution and ionizing radiation is quantified, and the transferability of results derived from specific power plants to a more general context is discussed.Keywords
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