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Anatomy of a Bogus Headline
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For a few days the headlines about Fukushima screamed that Unit 2 and Unit 4’s spent fuel pit “reignited” their nuclear reactions long after March 11th. As a nuke, these kinds of headlines make me cringe with disgust because they’re almost always false. The problem is that there is rarely enough original source information to […]
Posted by neonjohn on May 11th, 2011 under Energy, Nuclear | 4 Comments »
Fukushima Update 05/05/2011
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Another Nail in the Coffin of the Linear-No-Threshold (LNT) theory of radiation effects. A friend sent me this absolutely juicy article in which the author uses the Union of Concerned Scientists (LNT is their only reason for existence) cancer estimates against them. Here is the article. In a nutshell, they applied the USC’s “any radiation […]
Posted by neonjohn on May 5th, 2011 under Energy, Nuclear | 3 Comments »
Lies, Damned Lies and PhDs
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Today the Japanese government announced that because of “malicious rumors” and “false reports”, they were to begin censoring the news from Fukushima. This is tragic in that the free and open supply of information has made it possible for analysts such as myself to discern what is really going on there. Unfortunately a rotten apple […]
Posted by neonjohn on April 24th, 2011 under Energy, Nuclear | 2 Comments »
Fukushima – The High Cost of the LNT Theory
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The antiquated Linear, No-Threshold theory of radiation effects upon which current radiation protection is based is having a very high cost, both to humans and animals in the Fukushima exclusion zone. If you’re new to my blog, please read this article before proceeding. To recap, the LNT theory says that a low dose of radiation […]
Posted by neonjohn on April 23rd, 2011 under Energy, Nuclear | 1 Comment »