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Nuclear power: threat or menace?
 
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The BBC website considers it headline news that "Radiation levels at a quake-stricken Japanese nuclear plant reach levels harmful to human health". However it doesn't explain exactly what they mean by that. My initial suspicion is that it means "radiation levels have reached a level that will result in a statisitically detectable increase in your chance of getting cancer if you live there for at least a couple of decades".
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Nuclear power: threat or menace? - by CattyNebulart - 03-15-2011, 06:10 AM
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