Episode# 24 So OPEC cut down on oil production. This will definitely make oil/gas prices worse. So we will naturally start to look for alternatives right? So what’s the best one? That’s what we are talking about today. Also, this is my First Video podcast so… I hope it turned out well. I plan to do more like this in the future.
Sources:
https://www.oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_13598
Quote: “Unfortunately, this test, which was considered to concern essentially the non-nuclear part of the power plant, was carried out without a proper exchange of information and co-ordination between the team in charge of the test and the personnel in charge of the operation and safety of the nuclear reactor. Therefore, inadequate safety precautions were included in the test programme and the operating personnel were not alerted to the nuclear safety implications and potential danger of the electrical test.”
https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/Pub1730_web.pdf
https://www.oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_13598
Quote: “The acute health effects occurred among the plant personnel and the persons who intervened in the emergency phase to fight fires, provide medical aid and immediate clean-up operations. A total of 31 people died as a consequence of the accident, and about 140 people suffered various degrees of radiation sickness and radiation-related acute health impairment. No members of the general public suffered these kinds of effects.”
http://www.chernobylreport.org/torch.pdf
Quote: “I [Rebecca Harms] decided to commission an independent analysis of the IAEA/WHO reports in order to clarify the science basis for the assertions.”
Quote: ”Depending on the risk factor used (ie the risk of fatal cancer per person sievert), the TORCH Report estimates that the worldwide collective dose of 600,000 person sieverts will result in 30,000 to 60,000 excess cancer deaths, 7 to 15 times the figure release in the IAEA’s press statement.”
https://inis.iaea.org/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/36/093/36093263.pdf?r=1
Quote: “The total number of people that could have died or could die in the future due to Chernobyl originated exposure over the lifetime of emergency workers and residents of most contaminated areas is estimated to be around 4 000. This total includes some 50 emergency workers who died of acute radiation syndrome (ARS) in 1986 and other causes in later years; 9 children who died of thyroid cancer; and an estimated 3 940 people that could die from cancer contracted as a result of radiation exposure. The latter number accounts for the 200 000 emergency and recovery operation workers from 1986–1987, 116 000 evacuees, and 270 000 residents of most contaminated areas.”
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-change-primary-energy-source?time=2012&country=~DEU
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/air-pollution-deaths-country?tab=chart&country=~OWID_WRL
