Nuclear radiation is relatively harmless

In Japan the entire scale of the evacuation, the condemnation of food and water, the clean up of the soil, the instruction of the population and the safety of the power plants should be reconsidered. The same paradigm shift should be considered world wide, for the same misunderstanding has occurred everywhere and it caused unnecessary social suffering following the accidents at Chernobyl and Goiania too.

Overcoming the current widespread primitive fear of nuclear ought to be easier than overcoming such a fear of fire in prehistoric times – and it is no less important for the future of civilisation. The environmental effect of the use of fossil fuels continues to escalate and time may be short. If another Fukushima accident should occur, like last time it would be less serious than the frequent disasters that follow the pursuit of fossil fuels with their significant loss of life. It is unlikely that climate change can be limited without a major switch to nuclear energy, and accepting nuclear, in a democracy at least, requires a radically new appreciation of science in society, not only by politicians and the media, but by scientists too.

An image of the unbalanced and narrow perspective currently taken by the United Nations and other authorities – and the consequences which voters in some countries are starting to notice