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GregTrocchia commented on an article. 9:46 PM

30 Facts That Demystify Nuclear Energy

Pavewaylll, I reiterate my previous point: to the extent that a particular type of exposure has been left out of the assessment that would tend to systematically overestimate the cancer hazard from radiation. It is approaching 70

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GregTrocchia commented on an article. 7:37 PM

30 Facts That Demystify Nuclear Energy

Pavewaylll, I doubt that the availability of uncontaminated food in the area of Hiroshima and Nagasaki would have been that significant a factor. The reason is that nuclear weaponry was so novel. The understanding of the hazards of

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GregTrocchia commented on an article. 10:22 AM

30 Facts That Demystify Nuclear Energy

Pavewaylll, Well I am surprised, as I said I would be (not to mention disappointed), that internal exposure to radiation was not assessed in the development of LNT. However, after thinking on this a couple of things occur. First,

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GregTrocchia commented on an article. 6:20 PM

30 Facts That Demystify Nuclear Energy

Let me start out by pointing out that the LNT model I used in my previous post was empirically, as opposed to theoretically, derived. I would be very surprised if the data points going into this did not include significant internal

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GregTrocchia commented on an article. 8:47 AM

30 Facts That Demystify Nuclear Energy

>>My mistake typing 'gamma'. The point is that I would be much more worried about a low-energy alpha decay inside my body than the same number of high-energy alpha particles zipping through.

The reason

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GregTrocchia commented on an article. 4:47 PM

30 Facts That Demystify Nuclear Energy

>>But then, I don't need any numbers of my own to point out your sources - at least with respect to Chernobyl - are absolute garbage.

Yes you do. Here is how it is going to work from now on: Put up or shut

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GregTrocchia commented on an article. 5:33 AM

30 Facts That Demystify Nuclear Energy

>>I'm observing that you're pretty loose with the numbers *in general* regardless of what point you're trying to make. That speaks to credibility.

That is truly laughable coming from someone who has

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GregTrocchia commented on an article. 6:56 PM

30 Facts That Demystify Nuclear Energy

>>re: dam casualties - oh, you left that out too? That's a strange way to do research or produce numbers. But A++ for the confirmation bias.

I am at a loss to understand what you were trying to say here,

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GregTrocchia commented on an article. 12:00 AM

30 Facts That Demystify Nuclear Energy

>>Glad to known the Chinese people potentially affected by an unproven PWR design have been fully informed of the risk and have given their assent to have reactors built upwind from them.

I would point out

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GregTrocchia commented on an article. 9:03 PM

30 Facts That Demystify Nuclear Energy

Pavewaylll, First off, knowing the "true" death rate from an accident like Chernobyl is something that is highly problematic. The reason is that about 20% of us are likely to die from cancer absent any exposure to

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GregTrocchia commented on an article. 11:00 PM

30 Facts That Demystify Nuclear Energy

Pavewaylll, The problem with the link in my original post is that the right parenthesis was, incorrectly picked-up as being part of the URL. You can either click on the link and then manually delete the parenthesis on in the URL and

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