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Health Risks of Energy Systems
Author(s) -
Krewitt Wolfram,
Hurley Fintan,
Trukenmüller Alfred,
Friedrich Rainer
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
risk analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1539-6924
pISSN - 0272-4332
DOI - 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1998.tb00351.x
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , risk analysis (engineering) , nuclear power , risk assessment , environmental science , renewable energy , computer science , environmental health , engineering , business , medicine , computer security , geography , physics , archaeology , nuclear physics , electrical engineering
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.