Letters / Low level radiation not a problem
For 60 years the Linear No Threshold theory (LNT), that low level radiation is harmful, has been the foundation of the anti-nuclear movement. It has never had any scientific justification whatsoever and this has now been publicly acknowledged by the The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR).
The fears engendered by this scare story have been directly responsible for the standstill in nuclear energy generation and thus in most energy generation overall in the world since 1970.
Without that scare the world would be producing at least twice as much electricity and would thus be twice as well off.
Such paradigm shattering news is of massive worldwide significance.
Neil Craig (UKIP Glasgow)
200 Woodlands Rd
Glasgow
G3 6LN
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