Category: Risk and Radiation
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DNA Repair
This was going to be a reply to a comment on one of my posts. However, I think it is an important issue, so I […]
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“No discernible changes in future cancer rates and hereditary diseases”?
It is often quoted that Fukushima will produce “No discernible changes in future cancer rates and hereditary diseases”. This quote is from the UNSCEAR report […]
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Graphite Weight Loss at AGR Reactors
There have been several reports in the news1 about EDF wanting to raise the limits of the amount of graphite which can be lost from […]
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Drink Driving And Radiation Risk
Although I have talked about this topic previously here is another attempt of explaining a big misconception about radiation risk by comparing it to drink-driving. […]
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Fukushima Health Effects
There has been a large increase in the number of abnormal thyroid growths found in children near Fukushima1. The normal rate would be less than […]
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Is Natural Background Radiation is Safe?
Before we start, I would like to restate that there is no scientific evidence whatsoever that health risks can be measured by total radiation dose […]
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Risk and Radiation
There are many discussions about the risk associated with radiation. I am not going to go into the various arguments about the effects of radiation […]
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What Is A Sievert?
Background A Sievert is an attempt to quantify the danger of various radioactivity levels.Ionising radiation is measured in counts per second (called a becquerel). For […]
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