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Nuclear legacy

Broader 
Intractable problems
Narrower 
Environmental hazards of decommissioned nuclear power plants
Inadequate facilities for disposal of nuclear warheads
Low-level radioactive wastes
Nuclear test victims
Nuclear waste dumping
Pervasive fear of nuclear war
Environmental pollution by nuclear reactors
Risk of unintentional nuclear war
Stockpiles of nuclear material
Uncertainty over long-term health effects of radioactive fallout
Vulnerable nuclear weapons arsenals
Nuclear reactor accidents
Aggravated by 
Hazardous locations for nuclear power plants
Proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology
Deterioration of nuclear power plants
Denial of danger
Reduced by 
Dismantling of nuclear weapons
Web page(s) 
The Wall Street Journal: Wastelands: America's Forgotten Nuclear Legacy
The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Strategy(ies) 
Providing nuclear information
Type 
(E) Emanations of other problems

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

About UIA

The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a research institute and documentation centre, based in Brussels. It was established in 1907, by Henri la Fontaine (Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1913), and Paul Otlet, a founding father of what is now called information science.
 

Non-profit, apolitical, independent, and non-governmental in nature, the UIA has been a pioneer in the research, monitoring and provision of information on international organizations, international associations and their global challenges since 1907.

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