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Nuclear energy: Benefits versus risks

MAY 01, 1970
Critics who dwell on the risks to the public from nuclear‐power plants should compare these risks with the present hazards that would be eliminated.
Walter H. Jordan

JUST A FEW YEARS AGO almost everyone looked forward to the coming age of nuclear energy as a boon to mankind. Of course the coal interests have always been less than enthusiastic, but that was to be expected. Recently, however, many persons have undertaken the role of professional critics, joined by some conservationists.

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More about the authors

Walter H. Jordan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Tennessee.

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