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Should We Be Concerned About Radioactive Fallout From Japan?
Author(s) -
Roberson Alan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2011.tb03088.x
Subject(s) - radionuclide , radioactive fallout , radioactive waste , radiation exposure , environmental science , radiation monitoring , agency (philosophy) , radiation protection , radiation dose , environmental protection , waste management , engineering , nuclear engineering , nuclear medicine , nuclear physics , medicine , philosophy , physics , epistemology
This month's question asks about the risks of radioactive fallout from Japan's damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor plant. The answer discusses the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA's) Radionuclides Rule, along with USEPA's RadNet, a nationwide network of monitors that tracks environmental radiation, and their relevance to water utilities concerning levels of radiation detected in water samples.