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Value of low dose radiation research ignored by DOE Office of Science managers

February 1, 2017 By Rod Adams

The first installment of this series, Inconvenient Low Dose Radiation Science Axed Under Obama Administration, described actions taken by Department of Energy (DOE) managers to ensure that the Low Dose Radiation Research Program that they had eliminated from their budget remained dead. They planned to prevent information about the program’s successes and future opportunities from […]

Filed Under: Health Effects, LDRRP saga, LNT

DOE execs killed respected science program studying radiation health effects. Fired PM who tried to protect science

January 30, 2017 By Rod Adams 12 Comments

Senior Department of Energy executives, several of whom were “Acting” Obama Administration appointees in roles that normally require Senate advice and consent, made decisions that eliminated unique research into the biological effects of low dose radiation in the United States. Early research results from the program are arguably sufficient to support decisions with globally important […]

Filed Under: Health Effects, LNT

Nuclear highlights of Rick Perry’s confirmation hearing plus a suggested action

January 20, 2017 By Rod Adams

The Senate Energy and Environment committee, chaired by Senator Lisa Murkowski, held a confirmation hearing yesterday for former Texas Governor Rick Perry, the Trump Administration nominee for Secretary of Energy. Sam Britton, the nuclear waste specialist from the Bipartisan Policy Center, produced a valuable resource by watching the full hearing and producing a series of […]

Filed Under: decommissioning, Economics, Health Effects, LNT

Journal of Nuclear Medicine article: Fear of medical radiation is based on bad science

January 10, 2017 By Rod Adams

Radiology and nuclear medicine subject matter experts have published an article in the January 2017 issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine that provides numerous reasons why people should never worry about properly controlled radiation doses used in medical imaging. The doses used are many times lower than the lowest dose at which harm might […]

Filed Under: Health Effects, LNT

Debating validity and effects of assumption that all radiation adds risk

January 6, 2017 By Rod Adams 8 Comments

Medical Physics recently hosted a point/counterpoint debate about the effects of assuming that all radiation carries a risk that justifies application of the ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) principle. Here is an overview of the debate proposition. The ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) principle is based upon the assumption that low doses of […]

Filed Under: Health Effects, hormesis, LNT

Giant new cover for Chernobyl is an engineering marvel – and a monumental waste of money

November 30, 2016 By Rod Adams

A couple of days ago, one of the largest movable structures ever built was rolled into place to surround Chernobyl Unit 4, the infamous power plant in Ukraine. That plant was destroyed more than 30 years ago when it suffered a steam explosion and fire after the operators violated a number of operating procedures with […]

Filed Under: Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy, Health Effects, International nuclear

Change at EPA could reduce the high cost of nuclear energy & improve grid cleanliness

November 20, 2016 By Rod Adams

During a recent conversation with a successful career employee of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the topic of radiation protection limits came up. He reminded me that the NRC’s role in radiation protection is limited to enforcing the standards that are set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In light of President-elect Trump’s statements about […]

Filed Under: Health Effects, LNT, Radiation

Can Radiation from CT scans help patients suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease?

July 7, 2016 By Rod Adams 8 Comments

Computed tomography (CT) scans may be able do more than just take high resolution pictures inside human bodies. They might provide a useful treatment modality for certain neurodegenerative diseases. A recently published case report suggests that the adaptive response of a human immune system stimulated by a short series of standard, painless, simple to administer […]

Filed Under: Book, Health Effects, hormesis, LNT

You’ve been told lies. Low dose radiation isn’t harmful. It can improve health

June 29, 2016 By Rod Adams 18 Comments

Biological Theory has published the equivalent of a “bunker buster” salvo in a decades-long war of words between scientists. On one side are people who believe that there is no safe dose of radiation. They assert that radiation protection regulations should continue using a linear, no threshold model. The other side includes those who say […]

Filed Under: Health Effects, LNT

Rockefeller Foundation’s hefty influence on education. Propagating fears about health effect of low dose radiation

May 11, 2016 By Rod Adams 22 Comments

In my continuing efforts to produce a narrative about the way that the public was taught to be afraid of ionizing radiation, no matter how low the dose, I came across an interesting write up in the Rockefeller Foundation Annual Report for 1958. Here is some important temporal context. The Foundation Board of Trustees asked […]

Filed Under: Atomic education, Health Effects, LNT, Smoking Gun

Can low dose radiation stimulate improvement in patients with Alzheimer Disease?

April 8, 2016 By Rod Adams 74 Comments

Many people have a strong fear of contracting “the big-C.” Though I share that concern based on my personal observation of too many loved ones who lost their battle with cancer, my personal nightmare disease is Alzheimer’s. It’s difficult as someone who thoroughly enjoys challenging mental activity to imagine the experience of slowly losing my […]

Filed Under: Health Effects, hormesis, LNT

DOE Low Dose Radiation Research Program results relegated to “Wayback Machine”

February 15, 2016 By Rod Adams 30 Comments

Here’s an example of how Internet tools pose a challenge for nefarious government officials who want to make inconvenient information from programs initiated by predecessors “go away.” Low Dose Radiation Research Program Accomplishments Several months ago, I wrote some articles describing how the Department of Energy’s Low Dose Radiation Research program was systematically defunded and […]

Filed Under: Health Effects, LNT

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