Could you compare the average life span with respect to thermal power for (a) workers in the plant (b) public at large in the vicinity of the plant?
No direct comparison of the average life span of workers in the plant or public at large in the vicinity of nuclear power plant vis-a-vis thermal plant is available at present with us. However, many reports have been prepared on their environmental impacts which indirectly have some effect on the life of worker as well as public. This is briefly given below: Nuclear power stations do not release any toxic gases, require relatively small areas for their installation and involve transportation of minimal quantities of fuel. On the other hand, during the power generation they build up large quantities of radioactivities. It is to point out here that radioactivity is nothing new to the environment. It has always been present in nature to different degrees. The earth’s crust contains elements such as Uranium and Thorium which are radioactive and more importantly, have a long chain of radioactive daughter products. The earth is continuously being exposed to cosmic rays which are ionising rad
