Nuclear Power

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Questions in this Category Are in the Following Subcategories:
• Nuclear Energy
• Nuclear Accidents

Nuclear Energy
Q279	–	How is radiation measured around nuclear power plants?
Q361	–	Nuclear power plant radiation worker doses
Q616	–	Tooth Fairy Project
Q1202	–	Pathways of exposure in nuclear power plant accident
Q1662	–	First power plant
Q2801	–	CANDU Reactors
Q3501	–	Boy Scout and breeder reactor
Q3710	–	Nuclear power plant releases
Q4074	–	Attack on Indian Point
Q5383	–	Nuclear submarines
Q6232	–	QF for fission fragments
Q6573	–	Nuclear-powered aircraft

Nuclear Accidents
Q350	–	Iodized salt in a nuclear accident
Q434	–	Can I survive a nuclear attack if I am underwater?
Q442	–	What would be the range of Cs-137 in meat from Chernobyl?
Q606	–	Pasture contamination from Chernobyl
Q926	–	Travel in Ukraine
Q1359	–	Protection after nuclear accidents
Q1462	–	Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Tokaimura
Q1743	–	Chernobyl shut down
Q2061	–	TMI and Chernobyl
Q2260	–	Hypothyroidism
Q3998	–	Monitoring of environment
Q4056	–	Phase out nuclear power?
Q4068	–	Current status after Chernobyl
Q4227	–	Source term estimation
Q4871	–	Travel to Ukraine to adopt girl
Q4999	–	Measures when a person is allergic to potassium iodide
Q5487	–	Radiation levels in Belarus
Q6448	–	Are Chernobyl-area residents contaminated?
Q7000	–	Expiration date of potassium iodide (KI)
Q7157	–	Clothes made in Ukraine and Belarus

The following Web sites may also be useful:

			“Environmental Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident and Their Remediation: Twenty Years of Experience”
			Casualty Management (CDC)
			Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)
			Nuclear Power: Villain or Victim
			Radiation Emergencies (EPA)