The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering a move to eliminate the “Linear No-Threshold” (LNT) basis of radiation protection that the U.S. has used for decades and replace it with the “radiation hormesis” theory — which holds that low doses of radioactivity are good for people.
by Karl Grossman, Counter Punch
The change is being pushed by “a group of pro-nuclear fanatics — there is really no other way to describe them,” charges the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) based near Washington, D.C.
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by Karl Grossman, Counter Punch
The change is being pushed by “a group of pro-nuclear fanatics — there is really no other way to describe them,” charges the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) based near Washington, D.C.
