TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nayak, Arun K.
AU  - Sinha, Ratan K.
AU  - Munot, Samyak S.
TI  - Unreasoned fear of radiation 
SN  - 9788190721677
U1  - 364.2 
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Mumbai
PB  - Department of Atomic Energy
KW  - Nuclear radiation
KW  - Nuclear power
KW  - Nuclear energy
N2  - The growing carbon footprint calls for immediate deployment of clean and green sources of energy to save the humankind against the devastating effects of global warming. The limitations of solar and wind to meet the energy demand of the world especially for the developing nations like India, necessitates large scale deployment of nuclear energy to meet the energy demand for realising its vision of an ambitious GDP growth rate. Apart from a low carbon energy source, nuclear energy is vital for producing radioisotopes for the treatment of cancer, healthcare, industry, agriculture, food security, etc
The world got introduced to nuclear through the deployment of nuclear weapon causing horrific repercussions. This backdrop has served as a great deterrent to the well-deserved deployment and growth of nuclear power all over the world, Time has now come to make a directed effort to address this perception about the harmful effects of nuclear radiation on the basis of a large volume of scientific research findings on the subject of nuclear radiation on living beings.
To accelerate nuclear power growth, one of the biggest hurdles is the public fear of nuclear power due to concerns of nuclear safety, radiation leak, radiation causing cancer and finally death. Is this fear scientific or scientific misinterpretation and "cherry-picking" than actual science"?
This book gives a summary of the hundreds of studies that have been conducted in the past to prove the health benefits of radiation to cure several diseases, increase in lifespan and reduced cancer mortality. These conclusions were found not only in survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, but also the civilians and servicemen involved in nuclear tests, medical professionals, people living in high background radiation fields, apart from experiences of the people exposed to the radiation leaks from the three civilian major nuclear accidents.In spite of hundreds of such proofs, the biggest question is "Why people are afraid of radia-tion?" The book explains the root cause of fear of radiation and its history, and how it became the part of the regulation.
This book is expected to be of immense help to scientists, engineers, and students in all fields, as well as people in general, to overcome an irrational fear of low-dose radiation. It's a must-read for people who work in the field of nuclear safety, as well as for students and researchers in this broad field
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