Radiation exposure immediately around a properly functioning nuclear power plant is about

A) 1% greater than the normal environmental background exposure.
B) double normal environmental background exposure.
C) 10 times higher than normal environmental background exposure.
D) 100 times higher than normal environmental background exposure.


A

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