Radiation and Reason - Radiation and Reason, the impact of science on a culture of fear

Recent postings
Apr 2021 The lessons that Covid-19 teaches https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351099976_Energy_and_Life_with_NetZero_Lessons_from_Covid-19
Mar 2021 Global threats: virus and climate https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350620182_The_global_coronavirus_experience_and_climate_change
Mar 2021 Letter published in Financial Times https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350090712_Letter_to_FT_163_Nuclear_Power_as_the_answer_to_the_Climate_Crisis
Feb 2021 Article on the neglected danger of batteries and their limits https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349216778_Big_batteries_-an_explosive_issue
Dec 2020 A discussion document on nuclear energy https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346914921_A_submission_Why_and_how_nuclear_energy_is_central_to_reaching_net_zero
Nov 2020 An article explaining why offshore wind is a bad investment https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345683154_Green_Power_at_Sea_Not_the_way_the_wind_blows_Off-shore_wind_will_not_keep_the_lights_on_in_the_UK
Aug 2020 An article questioning the accepted view of Hiroshima and Nagasaki https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343450598_Hiroshima_reconsidered
May 2020 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341277606_Rising_to_the_challenge_Florence_Nightingale_1820-1910
Mar 2020 A scientific examination of available energy sources with stark conclusions https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339629356_Nature_Energy_and_Society_A_scientific_study_of_the_options_facing_civilisation_today
Oct 2019 A poster presented at the IAEA Conference in Vienna https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336275666_UNDERSTANDING_THE_PLACE_OF_NUCLEAR_IN_THE_SCIENCE_OF_ENERGY
Oct 2019 A Powerpoint lecture https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336967602_The_Next_Industrial_Revolution_A_lecture_given_to_St_Dominics_Sixth_Form_College_Harrow-on-the-Hill_London
Sep 2019 A lecture given at a meeting at the Sheffield School of Management https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336145386_Nuclear_Energy_The_Third_Energy_Revolution
Apr 2019 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332766939_Now_for_the_Third_Energy_Revolution_-it%27s_Nuclear
Apr 2019 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332383736_Wade_Allison%27s_Review_of_the_book_Manual_for_Survival_by_Kate_Brown
Jan 2019 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330757080_Nuclear_energy_sufficient_for_modern_life_in_the_era_of_climate_change
Nov 2018 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328996079_When_Fear_Kills_The_Case_of_Nuclear_Energy_pdf_version
Jun 2018 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325904633_Nuclear_and_radiation_phobia_neglected_by_public_health_for_70_years
Jan 2018 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322665782_To_know_or_not_to_know_the_nuclear_question
Nov 2017 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321020610_Marie_Curie_and_Nuclear_Power
27 July 2017 Lessons on public safety from Grenfell and Fukushima (134 Kb)
22 May 2017 Radiation is not the tiger (109 Kb)
8 May 2017 Protected by Nature (140 Kb)
1 Nov 2016 Nuclear Energy and Society, Radiation and Life - the Evidence (508 Kb) Oxford Energy Colloquium

Two books (download PDF free or order paperback from distributor)

Dec 2015 Nuclear is for Life: A Cultural Revolution (10.6 Mb) , buy softback or read free online
23 Oct 2009 Radiation and Reason (updated 2012) (8.7 Mb) or buy soft/kindle/epub edition
Links to other sites and parliamentary submissions
24 May 2016 UK Parliamentary S&T Committee Submission to Science in Emergencies Inquiry
4 March 2016 UK Parliamentary Welsh Affairs Committee Submission to Nuclear Power Inquiry
7 Dec 2011 UK Parliamentary S&T Committee Submission to Risk Perception and Energy Infrastructure Inquiry
26 Mar 2011 BBC World Service Viewpoint: We should stop running away from radiation
International Scientists for Accurate Radiation Information (SARI)
To contact: email wade.allison@physics.ox.ac.uk
Videos
Dec 2014 Tokyo Press Conf. Time for the scientific environmental and economic truth about nuclear power with handout at Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan (1.5 Mb)
3 Oct 2014 Lecture for 16/17 years Radiation and Reason: A Fresh Look at the Effect of Radiation On Life
18 Aug 2014 Face-to-face tutorial with slides Why radiation is safe & all nations should embrace nuclear technology . Also available with subtitles and slides in Japanese
4 June 2014 Interview with ICHEME Why we should not fear radiation!
3 Oct 2013 Colloquium at CERN Radiation and Reason; Why radiation at modest dose rates is quite harmless and current radiation safety regulations are flawed with Q&A
20 Mar 2013 Interview with Nuclear Literacy Project
15 Oct 2012 Podcast with slides at Oxford Energy Society Lecture (6.4 Mb)
29 June 2012 Interview in Chicago at American Nuclear Society Meeting video
4 Oct 2011 Interview in Tokyo with Professor Ikeda video with Japanese subtitles
3 May 2011 Cardiff Science Cafe video lecture
Editions of the book Radiation and Reason

23 Oct 2009 English edition Book Information (94 Kb). Sample chapters can be found on the CONTENTS tab
Download Conclusions and Fukushima Epilogue (96 Kb) and post Fukushima Preface (79 Kb)
29 July 2011 Japanese edition can be found on Amazon
February 2013 Chinese edition likewise