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Inheritance from low-level radioactive waste

Yanagisawa, Kazuaki; Kume, Tamikazu*; Makuuchi, Keizo*; Inoue, Tomio*; Komoda, Fumio*; Maeda, Mitsuru*

A benefit born as an inheritance from disposed low level radioactive waste is considered. In the present study, a direct economic scale of application of radiation in Japanese industry, agriculture and medicine is taken as parameter for quantifying the size of benefit. In 2006, the economic scale is about 21 billion dollars for industry, 2.5 billion dollars for agriculture and 14 billion dollars for medicine. Economic scale covered the all fields is totaled 37 billion dollars. Due to those benefit, one can drive a car and play an internet, pleasure the dinning food. Diagnosis and treatment by nuclear medicine can possible to survive the millions of lives and resulting in improving the quality of life, decreasing pain and suffering. However, most Japanese (more than 80%) may not aware those benefits to date. This report is prepared for aiming at disseminating those benefits to our peoples.

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