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Beneficial Radiation

WASHINGTON (CN) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission seeks public comments on changing the basis for radiation protection to one in which some radiation is considered beneficial.

The current basis is the Linear No-Threshold model where radiation is always considered harmful, and the cancer risk is thought to be directly proportional to the amount of radiation exposure to the human body.

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