Report: Repeated Low Doses of Radiation Can Cause More Damage than High Doses

Report: Repeated Low Doses of Radiation Can Cause More Damage than High Doses

by WashingtonsBlog

Can Low Doses of Radiation Cause More Damage than High Doses?

The New York Times’ Matthew Wald reports today:
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists[’] May-June issue carries seven articles and an editorial on the subject of low-dose radiation, a problem that has thus far defied scientific consensus but has assumed renewed importance since the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi reactors in Japan in March 2011.
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This month a guest editor, Jan Beyea [who received a PhD in nuclear physics from Columbia and has served on a number of committees at the National Research Council of the National Academies of Science] and worked on epidemiological studies at Three Mile Island, takes a hard look at the power industry.
The bulletin’s Web site is generally subscription-only, but this issue can be read at no charge.


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