Nuclear Radiation and Health Effects is a well-understood process, with natural sources accounting for most of the radiation we all receive each year.
Contrary to public perception, nuclear power accidents have caused very few fatalities and the use of nuclear energy does not expose members of the public to significant radiation levels. In two major nuclear accidents – Three Mile Island and Fukushima – radiation caused no harm to the public.
The socio-economic and psychological impacts of radiation fears in the aftermath of nuclear accidents have caused considerable suffering and deaths, much higher than the accidents themselves.
Current radiation protection standards assume that any dose of radiation, no matter how small, involves a risk to human health. This deliberately highly conservative assumption, which runs counter to scientific knowledge, is increas.
