The Medical Consequences of Radiation Accidents and Nuclear War
Authors: HEALTH POLICY COMMITTEE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1982)

Position Paper1 September 1982The Medical Consequences of Radiation Accidents and Nuclear WarHEALTH POLICY COMMITTEEHEALTH POLICY COMMITTEEAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-97-3-447 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe existence of fissionable materials raises the specter of radiation accidents. Partial nuclear reactor core meltdowns have occurred already; the accident at Three Mile Island in 1979 was the fourth such episode to have occurred in America since 1952. Further, "significant release" episodes have taken place in five states, and the potential exists for radiation accidents during storage, transportation, and reprocessing as well as for radioactivity release in weapons accidents and during all stages of the nuclear fuel cycle.As awareness of the threats posed by nuclear materials has grown in the general population, there has been a corresponding awareness...Bibliography1. . Physician and Public Education on the Medical Consequences of Thermonuclear Warfare: Report DD of the AMA Board of Trustees. Chicago: American Medical Association; 1981. Google Scholar2. Threat of nuclear war. Lancet. 1980;2:1061-2. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. BARNABY F. World arsenals in 1980. Bull Atom Sci. 1980;36:9-14. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. BEEBEKATOLAND GHC. Studies on the mortality of A-bomb survivors. 6. Mortality and radiation dose 1950-1974. Radiat Res. 1978;75:138-201. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. BOFFEY P. Preventive medicine for nuclear war. 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