URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/616
Collection Structure Commonwealth Club of California records >  Sound recordings of club programs >  Hazards in the Disposal of Radioactive Wastes
Item Title Hazards in the Disposal of Radioactive Wastes
Collection Title Commonwealth Club of California records
Speaker Cohen, Bernard Leonard (1924-)
Date Created August 29, 1975
Description Cohen talks about the dangers of radioactive waste disposal. Despite public concern about radioactivity, he thinks radiation's effects are better understood than those of air pollution. Citing high emission rates from coal plants and traces of uranium in coal, he illustrates how the health hazards of nuclear power plants are actually less dangerous than coal plants. Confronting the solid nuclear waste storage problem, he cites protections already in place that make negligible contamination by underground streams. He concludes that burning valuable hydrocarbons is far more harmful to future generations than the burden of radioactive waste.
Subject(s) Radioactive pollution Radioactive waste disposal
Language(s) English
Country of Origin United States
Place Recorded San Francisco, California, United States
Format Sound Recording
Medium speeches (documents)
Hoover ID Program 19750829; 2003c87_a_0010704
Record Number 2003C87.715
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3g5032c1
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