This appears to have been written by a PR firm for the nuclear industry. It is full of half-truths, misleading statements, and falsities. The glib opening - that no one has died from Fukushima radiation and it is unlikely they will - is premature, and quite probably unsupportable. Similiarly it states that there were no known deaths at TMI and just 43 at Chernobyl. The industry takes full advantage of the fact that radiation leaves no calling card when it causes cancer. The world authority on radiation health effects, Dr. John Gofman, estimated that Chernobyl will cause one million cancers (many still in the future). Contrary to what is stated in this article, potassium WAS used after Chernobyl - although not consistently. And a ... More »

Picks and chooses which facts to include, then adds a few "facts" to support his opinion. Either he knows nothing about radiation and cancer, or he's well-paid.

Interesting opinion about the health risks of nuclear radiation, from a physicist at the University of Oxford. He makes some reasonable points based on factual evidence, arguing that the news media may have exaggerated the actual harm caused by radiation at Fukushima - and suggesting that modern reactors are better designed to reduce the risks of nuclear power. Though it's a controversial viewpoint, it merits further examination.

Half-truths and blatant lies do not make good journalism. Allison lies repeatedly by omission: "Nuclear technology cures countless cancer patients every day" (omitting the fact that the plutonium and uranium fallout from bomb tests will continue killing for billions of years). "What of Three Mile Island? There were no known deaths there." (because any deaths would have been miles downwind, giving plant owners "plausible deniability"). He lies about the full Chernobyl death toll, "The latest UN report published on 28 February confirms the known death toll - 28 fatalities among emergency workers, plus 15 fatal cases of child thyroid cancer" (omitting the enormous spike in leukemia, birth defects, thyroid and other cancers ... More »