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Re:Two-laser boron fusion lights the way to radiation-free e... by batbomb on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @02:59PM (#6517065)
When it's mentioned in the "potentially harmful" scope, "radiation" is shorthand for ionizing radiation.
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Re:Two-laser boron fusion lights the way to radiation-free e... by ch4ch4 on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @04:07PM (#6517488)
Yet there's no shorthand for the "potentially beneficial" scope...

I just hate that the general public connotes "radiation" with "harmful".

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Re:Two-laser boron fusion lights the way to radiation-free e... by ars on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @05:16PM (#6517908)
> Yet there's no shorthand for the "potentially beneficial" scope...

Yes there is. The main word is "light". And also "warmth" or "radio waves".

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Re:Two-laser boron fusion lights the way to radiation-free e... by pygy_ on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @05:34PM (#6517982)
... and X-rays, radiotherapy, scintigraphy...

Still, the fact is that "radiation", for the layman, means nocive radioactivity.

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