Share of Cost, Modern nuclear disasters, biggest risk is mental, not physical illness
There are very few radiation effects suffered physically by people struck by modern nuclear accident. Instead, mental illness is the biggest risk, write the authors of a series of papers in The Lancet.
With respect to the most recent Fukushima incident, Dr. Koichi Tanigawa, of Fukushima Medical University in Japan, says:
“Although the radiation dose to the public from Fukushima was relatively low, and no discernible physical health effects are expected, psychological and social problems, largely stemming from the differences in risk perceptions, have had a devastating impact on people’s lives.”