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Maybe I was being ridiculously optimistic, but ~200 projected additional cases of cancer seems pretty bad.
Physicist Richard Muller should clearly demonstrate his beliefs by moving to Fukushima, instead of discussing the panic from the other side of the world. And he should also put nuclear risks in perspective, and contradict Seaborg: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2011/03/a_is_for_atom....
Are you seriously trying to argue with a physics professor using an Adam Curtis documentary? Get outta here....
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I was pointing out that the (background) radiation in Denver is not the same as the fallout from Fukushima.
Radiation is radiation; its not homeopathic. Radioactive isotopes are one source of radiation, insolation and cosmic background radiation are others. In this case the OP was referring specifically to maximum radiation exposure levels as defined by some big-"I" international organization.
No. It is not. There is alpha, gamma, beta+ and beta-. And there is a huge difference. And how healthy it is strongly depends on the area of you body that is exposed. If Your skin is exposed to alpha radiation it can be as harmless as a sunburn (it's a matter of the dosis). If you get alpha radiator into your bloodstream that's a whole different story at the same dosis.
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Really? Are you serious? BTW, there's a big difference between "background radiation" and ingested radiation (either through air, food, water, etc.) The scientific consensus is that there is no amount of radiation that is safe to ingest. http://www.rrjournal.org/doi/pdf/10.1667/RR2629.1 Do you really want to test your theory?
I'd happily ingest as much plutonium as you would caffeine.
As an experiment, I volunteer to expose myself, my wife and my children to a yearly dose of radiation that is three times the maximum safe-level recommended by The International Commission on Radiological Protection. i.e. we happily live in the Denver area ;-)
If you wore a mask and suit all the time living next to Fukushima, it would not change how much radiation you get because plastic suits don't block radiation. But you would be vastly more healthy because you would avoid the contamination.
Essentially if you inhale radioactive particles they stay inside you and continue to radiate, and the substances themselves are often very toxic. This is the main concern.
The conclusion of The Corbett Report was: "Along with the tragic loss of life, the destruction of homes, farms, businesses and property, and the beginning of the Fukushima nuclear crisis, the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami exposed the biggest secret of all: that the myth of the necessity of nuclear power in Japan is just that. A myth."
http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/episode237_fukushimas_bigge...
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Really? Are you serious? BTW, there's a big difference between "background radiation" and ingested radiation (either through air, food, water, etc.) The scientific consensus is that there is no amount of radiation that is safe to ingest. http://www.rrjournal.org/doi/pdf/10.1667/RR2629.1 Do you really want to test your theory?
I'd happily ingest as much plutonium as you would caffeine.
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He should leave his tenured position at a major university to demonstrate his conviction? That's not a meaningful point or challenge.
we have the same point: why should he take a morally superior position and not mislead the public? this is what the documentary is about.
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But it could have been much worse, say like Chernobyl, and it wasn't due to good engineering.
How could it have been like Chernobyl? The Fukushima reactors didn't have graphite moderators. Totally different reactor technologies, equivocating them is spurious at best.
To the author of this article: I will believe you if you agree to move to Fukushima and live there for the rest of your life.
As for me, I live in Denver with my family which according to the exposure map, is about the same as living within 25 miles of Fukushima