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Atomic power has, from its inception in the 1950s, benefited from both generous subsidies and unfailing governmental support. Many people believed in the radiant future it promised.
Little was known at the time of the effects of nuclear power, especially of low-level radiation, to which we are routinely exposed. The only data available was extrapolated from data collected on the survivors of high-level exposure from the bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Over the years, the data results were revised when what was considered the radiation-free control groups turned out to be (…)