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SUMMARY:Radiation and Reason: A clear and positive scientific account of t
 he effect of radiation on life - Professor Wade Allison is a nuclear and m
 edical physicist at the University of Oxford.
DTSTART:20111025T180000Z
DTEND:20111025T210000Z
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CONTACT:Andrew N Holding
DESCRIPTION:For more than half a century the view that radiation represent
 s an extreme hazard has been accepted. This talk challenges that view by f
 acing the question How dangerous is ionising radiation? Briefly the answer
  is that radiation is about a thousand times less hazardous than suggested
  by current safety standards.\n\nFor many this will come as a surprise. Wh
 y are people so worried about radiation? Should we choose nuclear power or
  face climate change? Education\, understanding and simple scientific fact
 \, not popular fear inherited from the days of the Cold War\, are essentia
 l to mankind's survival on Earth.\n
LOCATION:The Maypole
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