Nuclear Radiation – friend or enemy? Its safety and its benefits at low levels justify its wider acceptance for improved public health and economic prosperity

Nuclear Radiation – friend or enemy? Its safety and its benefits at low levels justify its wider acceptance for improved public health and economic prosperity

from Global Energy Policy Research

The health and economic prosperity of the human race depend on applications of science in engineering and medicine, and these have involved the outer (or electronic) part of atoms. Use of the inner (or nuclear) part has raised public and political apprehension when used for energy production but less so when used for human health e.g. following the legacy of Marie Curie. The cause of this concern is historical and cultural with no basis in science.http://www.gepr.org/en/contents/20130507-02/