Watch: What Are the Health Risks From Nuclear Accidents?

Gerry Thomas (Professor of Molecular Pathology at Imperial College London) is a world expert on the health effects of radiation. In this short video, she explains what health impacts we can expect from nuclear accidents including Fukushima and Chernobyl.

“We have plenty of evidence to suggest that being exposed to the sort of doses that come out of nuclear plant accidents are far less dangerous than going to sit on a beach in Australia!”

Prof Gerry Thomas