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Council on Scientific Affairs

JAMA. 1989;262(19):2724-2729.

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IS GENERATING electricity with nuclear power safe in the United States? Could the explosion of a nuclear power reactor cause widespread dissemination of radioactivity, as the Chernobyl explosion did in 1986? How do power reactors operate, and what principles safeguard their operation? What should be the role of the physician with regard to nuclear power? A recent report of the Council on Scientific Affairs of the American Medical Association (AMA), entitled "Medical Perspective on Nuclear Power," considered such questions. The report, prepared by an expert committee, received the endorsement of the AMA's House of Delegates and is available from the Council on Scientific Affairs. Major issues delineated in the report and all of its conclusions appear in this summary.

ROLE OF AND DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY

Since the mid-1800s in the United States, energy use has grown steadily as energy availability has increased and energy cost has decreased.¹ In the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Council on Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association, Chicago, Ill.

Footnotes
The full report on nuclear power was presented to the American Medical Association House of Delegates in December 1988 as a policy report of the Council on Scientific Affairs.

This report is not intended to be construed or to serve as a standard of medical care. Standards of medical care are determined on the basis of all of the facts and circumstances involved in an individual case and are subject to change as scientific knowledge and technology advance and patterns of practice evolve. This report reflects the views of scientific literature as of November 1988.

Reprint requests to Council on Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association, 535 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60610 (William R. Hendee, PhD).

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