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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Nuclear legacy

Nuclear legacy

Unpresentable

Broader

Wicked problems
Presentable

Narrower

Pervasive fear of nuclear war
Excellent
Vulnerable nuclear weapons arsenals
Presentable
Uncertainty over long-term health effects of radioactive fallout
Presentable
Nuclear reactor accidents
Presentable
Inadequate facilities for disposal of nuclear warheads
Presentable
Environmental pollution by nuclear reactors
Presentable
Environmental hazards of decommissioned nuclear power plants
Presentable
Dumping radioactive substances
Presentable
Nuclear test victims
Unpresentable
Low-level radioactive wastes
Unpresentable
Stockpiles of nuclear material
Yet to rate
Risk of unintentional nuclear war
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology
Excellent
Hazardous locations for nuclear power plants
Presentable
Deterioration of nuclear power plants
Presentable
Denial of danger
Yet to rate

Reduced by

Dismantling of nuclear weapons
Presentable

Strategy

Providing nuclear information
Unpresentable

Web link

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Unpresentable
 Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
J5089
DOCID
12050890
D7NID
141407
Editing link
Official link
https://encyclopedia.uia.org/problem/nuclear-legacy
Last update
Oct 4, 2020