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Nuclear energy is a controversial topic. Proponents call it the most viable,

currently available resource for meeting the world’s growing energy needs, while
protagonists say that the by-product of nuclear energy—nuclear waste—has
created one of the greatest problems of the 20th century. Learn about the
environmental and political issues surrounding nuclear energy and nuclear
waste, and what’s being done to address them.

Nuclear safety and security became issues of prime concern after a major
earthquake and tsunami in Japan damaged nuclear reactors, causing a crisis as
radiation began to leak into the atmosphere, and raising questions about U.S.
nuclear safety and nuclear security. Radiation safety is a controversial subject.
Government and nuclear industry officials talk about "safe" levels of radiation
that have no apparent health risks, but doctors who are radiation exposure
experts say that radiation is never really safe.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing to issue a

regulation that will govern the disposal of power plant nuclear waste in the
United States for the next 1 million years.
A million years is pretty far beyond the usual scope of EPA regulations.
"This will be the only rule that applies for such a long duration into the future,"
said Elizabeth Cotsworth, the EPA director of radiation and indoor air, in an
interview with National Public Radio. "Most EPA rules apply for the foreseeable
future -- five or six generations. This rule is for basically 25,000 generations."
Why is the EPA Issuing a Regulation for 1 Million Years?
The march toward a million-year regulation for nuclear waste disposal began in
2002, after Congress and President Bush approved plans to store power plant
nuclear waste material at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. With that decision, the EPA
was charged with setting building codes and other regulations for the repository
that would cover the next 10,000 years.
"We thought that [10,000 years] was generally the limit of scientific certainty in
our ability to predict with confidence," Cotsworth told National Public Radio.
Opponents of the Yucca Mountain plan countered with a lawsuit, arguing that the
10,000-year regulation did not extend far enough into the future. The courts
agreed, so the EPA extended the regulation to 1 million years—100 times longer
than the period covered by the original regulation.
Regulating Nuclear Waste for 1 Million Years: What are the Dangers?
The implications of trying to regulate something as dangerous as nuclear waste
for such a long period of time has a lot of people worried, because no one can
predict what the world will be like 1 million years from now, what kind of changes
will occur during that time, or whether there will even be anyone left to protect
in 1 million years.
Just look at all of the changes that have taken place during the past 1 million
years. According to scientists, 1 million years ago our ancestors had not yet
started to use fire or make clothing. Their skulls were about one-third smaller
than ours, and Neanderthals were still a future development in human evolution.
Bottom Line on Regulating Nuclear Waste Disposal for 1 Million Years
Increasing concerns about the acceleration of global warming have helped to
renew interest in nuclear power generation—even among some
environmentalists—a development that has also raised new concerns about the
best way to dispose of nuclear waste that can remain toxic for 100,000 years or
more.
While it is good news that the EPA and the courts are taking seriously the long-
term hazards of nuclear waste and the challenges of nuclear waste disposal,
requiring the EPA to set a regulation today that is intended to remain relevant for
1 million years is unlikely to alleviate concerns about these critical issues.
Instead, it simply underscores the unresolved difficulties of finding a solution for
disposing safely of nuclear waste.

A detailed profile of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, the worst nuclear accident
in history, which occurred on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl power plant in
Ukraine.
Loss of Life from the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident:
By mid-2005, fewer than 60 deaths could be linked directly to Chernobyl—mostly
workers who were exposed to massive radiation during the accident or children
who developed thyroid cancer.
Estimates of the eventual death toll from Chernobyl vary widely. A 2005 report
by the Chernobyl Forum—eight U.N. organizations—estimated the accident
eventually would cause about 4,000 deaths. Greenpeace places the figure at
93,000 deaths, based on information from the Belarus National Academy of
Sciences.
Physical Health Effects Linked to the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident:
The Belarus National Academy of Sciences estimates 270,000 people in the
region around the accident site will develop cancer as a result of Chernobyl
radiation and that 93,000 of those cases are likely to be fatal.
Another report by the Center for Independent Environmental Assessment of the
Russian Academy of Sciences found a dramatic increase in mortality since 1990
—60,000 deaths in Russia and an estimated 140,000 deaths in Ukraine and
Belarus—probably due to Chernobyl radiation.
Psychological Effects of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident:
The biggest challenge facing communities still coping with the fallout of
Chernobyl is the psychological damage to 5 million people in Belarus, Ukraine
and Russia.
"The psychological impact is now considered to be Chernobyl's biggest health
consequence," said Louisa Vinton, of the UNDP. "People have been led to think of
themselves as victims over the years, and are therefore more apt to take a
passive approach toward their future rather than developing a system of self-
sufficiency.”
Countries and Communities Affected by the Chernobyl Nuclear
Accident:
Seventy percent of the radioactive fallout from Chernobyl landed in Belarus,
affecting more than 3,600 towns and villages, and 2.5 million people. The
radiation contaminated soil, which in turn contaminates crops that people rely on
for food. Many regions in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine are likely to be
contaminated for decades.
Radioactive fallout carried by the wind was later found in sheep in the UK, on
clothing worn by people throughout Europe, and in rain in the United States.

Although some progress is being made, particularly groundwater cleanup in

certain areas, some regulators and activists fear that the government is making
the Hanford cleanup a low priority and spending too little money to get the job
done.

Source: http://environment.about.com/