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Unhealthy employment – the nuclear industry – theme for April 2012

Renewable energy and energy efficiency provide a huge variety of jobs. On the whole, these are pretty safe and healthy jobs. Still the construction of wind turbines, solar power facilities, hydro power and so on do carry the risks associated with all construction jobs.  And there are other hazards, too, for example, chemical hazards in some areas of work.

But these risks pale into insignificance when compared to the risks involved in the nuclear fuel cycle.

Workers also have the mental stress caused by their knowledge of  underlying hazard to themselves and the community. There is the mental stress of their  necessary strict surveillance and secrecy

April 30, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's themes