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Biologist explains why LNT is just plain wrong

January 5, 2014 By Rod Adams

Dr. Ron Mitchel is a Canadian scientist with a PhD in biochemistry who has been studying the biological effects of low dose radiation on living creatures for the past 35 years. In January 2013, he gave a talk to the Pittsburgh chapter of the American Nuclear Society on biological responses to low dose radiation. Dr. […]

Filed Under: Health Effects, hormesis, Radiation

BBC Bang Goes the Theory demonstrates that NOT all Brazil nuts are radioactive

January 4, 2014 By Rod Adams

The demonstrations in this BBC video are, as the Brits might say, brilliant. Though it has been posted since June, I learned of its existence from the following tweet: Debunking lack of information on #radiation, the basis of #nuclear science. Very informative video from the BBC… http://t.co/xzsVcYL8OE — Futuro Nucleare (@futuronucleare) January 4, 2014 I […]

Filed Under: Radiation

15 nation radiation cancer study used questionable data

December 13, 2013 By Rod Adams

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has reevaluated data that it contributed to a 15 nation pooled study of low dose radiation cancer risks published in 2005. The determination was that the data was incorrect, needed further evaluation and should be removed from the cohort used for the 15 nation study. When that action is […]

Filed Under: Health Effects, Radiation

No more collective dose!

November 24, 2013 By Guest Author

By A. David Rossin, PhD The June 2013 issue of Nuclear News (page 35) carried an article under the heading “Performance Indicators—WANO/INPO 2012 data show reduced radiation exposure.” A pair of companion graphics titled “Collective Radiation Exposure” are presented, one for boiling water reactors and a similar one for pressurized water reactors. What for? Collective […]

Filed Under: LNT, Radiation

First hand report from trained US Navy radiation worker about experience associated with Fukushima

October 15, 2013 By Rod Adams

The below first appeared in the comment thread of an article by Dr. Kelvin Kemm titled Physicist: There was no Fukushima nuclear disaster. I highly recommend going and reading the full article. However, I believe that this comment thread extract deserves more attention that it would normally receive by being buried within a lengthy thread […]

Filed Under: Accidents, Contamination, Health Effects, Nuclear professionals, Radiation

Another update on “highly radioactive” water leaks at Fukushima

September 4, 2013 By Rod Adams

The media frenzy about the detection of water leaks from the vast tank farm that Tokyo Electric Power Company has been forced to build to store water used to cool the three damaged cores at their Fukushima Daiichi power station continues to sizzle, even in the face of the potential for US attack on Syria. […]

Filed Under: Accidents, Contamination, Health Effects, isotopes, Radiation

Fear mongering over WATER leaks at Fukushima Dai-ichi

August 27, 2013 By Rod Adams

Update: (Posted August 30, 2013 0646) There is a companion post in response to comments and additional information developed in the period since the original publication. End Update. I’ll start with the bottom line first: despite all word to the contrary, there is no reason for anyone to be concerned that “contaminated” water from the […]

Filed Under: Accidents, Contamination, Health Effects, Radiation

Ted Rockwell shared knowledge to combat Fukushima fears

August 13, 2013 By Guest Author

By A. David Rossin Internationally recognized radiation engineer Ted Rockwell raised more than a few eyebrows when he maintained, in the aftermath of the Fukushima catastrophe in Japan, that the fear of radiation does more harm than the radiation itself. Responsible health experts know that outside the plant boundaries, radiation levels are detectable but low, […]

Filed Under: Accidents, Guest Columns, Health Effects, LNT, Radiation

Galen Winsor asks – Who owns the plutonium? How much is it worth?

July 26, 2013 By Rod Adams

Galen Winsor was a hands-on nuclear expert in the fullest sense of the phrase. Before irrational radiation protection rules were imposed, he and his colleagues directly handled used fuel. Since they needed to touch radioactive materials to accomplish their mission, they could not maximize distance or use shielding. Instead they limited their exposure time and […]

Filed Under: Atomic history, Atomic Pioneers, Fossil fuel competition, Health Effects, Nuclear regulations, Pro Nuclear Video, Radiation

Empowering victims of the Fukushima Frenzy to resist radiation FUD

June 19, 2013 By Rod Adams

Dr. James Conca has published another important post about the aftermath of Fukushima and the efforts of the people opposed to the use of nuclear energy to spread fear, uncertainty and doubt about imaginary health effects of low dose radiation. The article is titled Fukushima 2.25 — The Humanitarian Crisis; it is a “must read” […]

Filed Under: Accidents, Contamination, Health Effects, hormesis, Radiation

UCS is guilty of harming humans by reinforcing fear mongering

June 15, 2013 By Rod Adams

Correction: (Posted at 6:43 on 6/16/2013) I made a boneheaded error in the below computation and dropped an important prefix in my units. That error resulted in my final number being off by a factor of 1000; I wrote 0.001 mrem when it should have been 0.001 rem. I apologize for the math error. I […]

Filed Under: Antinuclear activist, Fossil fuel competition, Health Effects, isotopes, Radiation

Familiarity breeds understanding and acceptance of radiation

April 14, 2013 By Rod Adams

After reading Dr. Jerry Cuttler’s paper about the need to restore the basis of radiation regulations to tolerance doses, an Atomic Insights reader provided the link to the above video posted by bionerd23 on YouTube. It is one of several informative videos that she has shared with the world about her explorations to increase both […]

Filed Under: Health Effects, Irradiation, isotopes, Radiation

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