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The Atomic Show #043 – Prof. Wade Allison – The Dangers of Radiation Safety Rules

December 28, 2006 By Rod Adams

Professor Wade Allison recently gave a lecture to his Oxford colleagues titled “How dangerous is ionizing radiation”. He has concluded that excessively restrictive rules are more dangerous than the radiation.

On Wednesday, 27 December, I woke up bright and early so that I could have a chat with Professor Wade Allison, who teaches physics at Oxford University. I contacted Professor Allison because of a recent lecture that he gave to his colleagues titled “How dangerous is ionizing radiation?”

We had a great chat, even though it had to start at 4:15 am in order to allow our schedules to mesh with the five hour Atlantic time zone difference between Annapolis and Oxford.

Please have a listen to hear why Professor Allison, like many other people that are outside of the Radiation Protection industry (see, for example, Radiation, Science and Health) have determined that the linear, no threshold (LNT) model of radiation hazards has no basis in science and should be abandoned for more accurate models.

The key statement made during the conversation is that radiation safety, as it is currently practiced, is more dangerous than the radiation itself.

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Rod Adams is Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital, a venture fund that invests in advanced nuclear, which provides affordable access to this clean energy sector to pronuclear and impact investors. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., which was one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience. He has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology, regulation, and policies for several decades through Atomic Insights, both as its primary blogger and as host of The Atomic Show Podcast. Please click here to subscribe to the Atomic Show RSS feed. To join Rod's pronuclear network and receive his occasional newsletter, click here.

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  1. Bruno Garcia says

    April 16, 2007 at 5:40 AM

    hello

    sorry about this but i cant take this idea off my mind could the disaster of chernobyl have been intentionally provoked. i mean to destroy nuclear power

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