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Evaluation of Energy-Related Risk Acceptance
(APHA Energy Task Force)*
A. P. Hull
Safety and Environmental Protection Division
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, New York 11973
ABSTRACT
Living in a technological society with large energy requirements involves
a number of related activities with attendant health risks, both to the working
and' to the general public. Therefore, the formulation of some general princi-
ples for risk acceptance is necessary.
In addition to maximizing benefits and minimizing risk, relevant considera-
tions must be made about the perception of risk as voluntary or involuntary, the
number of persons collectively at risk at any one occasion, and the extent to
which a risk is a familiar one.
With regard to a given benefit, such as a given amount of energy, compari-
sons of the risks of alternate modes of production may be utilized. However,
cost-benefit consideration is essential to the amelioration of current or pro-
spective risks. This is unusual, since it is based on some estimate of the
monetary value per premature death averted. It is proposed that increased longe-
vity would be a more satisfactory measure.
On a societal basis, large expenditures for additional energy-related
pollution control do not appear justifiable since much larger, nonenergy related
health cisks, are relatively underaddressed. Knowledgeable health professionals
could benefit the public by imparting authoritative information in this area .
Research carried out at Brookhaven National Laboratory under contract with
the U. S. Department of Energy.
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Hull, A.P. Evaluation of energy related risk acceptance (APHA energy task force), article, January 1, 1977; Upton, New York. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1066667/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.