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The Windscale release shows that it is possible.

The answer espoused herein is speculative; but I find it so plausible, I’m going to declare it to be settled science, which oxymoron means you are not allowed to shoot it down.

We have a handful of rogue bureaucracies which are egregiously violating the EPA/NRC radiation requirements. According to LNT, which is ex cathedra, unquestionable dogma, they are seriously shortening the lives of the people involved. It is not time that Congress step in and protect these victims of heretical agencies?

SNT has been attacked from the pro-nuke side on the grounds that, in accepting the premise that there is no perfectly harmless dose, SNT concedes too much. This school holds nuclear’s future depends on a \STRONG{threshold} dose below which there is absolutely no harm, or better a benefit. This piece argues that combining standard EPA and NRC risk limits with SNT will result in radiation regulatory policies under which nuclear power could thrive, and with it the human race.

Fungi have an amazing ability to concentrate cesium, including radioactive cesium-137 from atom bomb testing and nuclear power plant releases. Wild boar love to eat mushrooms and truffles. As a result, eastern European boar can have far higher than normal Cs-137 levels. How dangerous are these levels? Can we eat these animals?

The Linear No Threshold model of radiation harm, which is the basis for current nuclear power regulation, cannot replicate both the harm we see when a large dose is received over a very short period, and the lack of detectable harm when the same or larger doses are acquired over far longer periods. Therefore, it must be replaced. This paper suggests a Sigmoid No Threshold model as the replacement, and applies that model to both the Fukushima and Chernobyl releases.

Another sad tale which shows just how screwed up the whole system is. Read and weep.

The probability of the next large release is 1.00. The only question is when. We must ensure that that release is tolerable without any evacuation. This paper argues that a 2 kilometer buffer zone will do the job for a 1 GW reactor.

Arjun Makhijani has recently published a book called Exploring Tritium Dangers. The book suggests tritium is far more dangerous than the nuclear establishment claims. In fact, tritium is far more innocuous than the nuclear establishment implies. Here’s the Gordian Knot Group review.

The history of Yankee Rowe encapsulates the promise and tragedy of US nuclear power.