Radiation

The root cause of most nuclear power concerns is fear of radiation from lack of understanding of the facts. Radiation is really a weak carcinogen. This chapter presents the evidence.

After the WW II atomic bombings of Japan we all feared globally destructive nuclear war. To intensify the fear NGOs and nations exaggerated geneticists’ idea that even trivial amounts of radiation constantly degraded human genes through generations, even to birth monsters. When that fiction was disproven, the radiation hazard of choice became cancer.

Governments and regulators strove to protect voters from the unclear harm of invisible radiation, creating rules and procedures to keep people away from any radiation from nuclear power. These rules constantly become more strict and cumbersome.

These radiation exposure rules from worldwide regulators such as the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission created the problem of high cost and long build times, making new nuclear power too expensive, though it can be the least expensive reliable energy source, at $0.03/kWh, but we need to educate politicians and regulators.

Let’s erase your unfounded radiation fears in this Radiation chapter. Clickable endnotes here.