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Health Risks of Energy Systems

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  • Wolfram Krewitt
  • Fintan Hurley
  • Alfred Trukenmüller
  • Rainer Friedrich

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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.

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  • Wolfram Krewitt & Fintan Hurley & Alfred Trukenmüller & Rainer Friedrich, 1998. "Health Risks of Energy Systems," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 18(4), pages 377-383, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:riskan:v:18:y:1998:i:4:p:377-383
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1998.tb00351.x
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