[ RadSafe ] Anniversary - also today

[Brennan, Mike (DOH)]

I believe that Pierre Curie was correct.  I would also point out that for a person, an institution, or a country to decide not to look for new discoveries for fear of what they may bring doesn't prevent the discoveries from being made, but merely insures they will be made by someone else, who will then have more of a say about how they are used.  As an example, if the USA had not followed the research that lead to the atomic bomb in the 1940s, it is entirely possible the USSR would have done so in the 1950s.  Others might believe the Soviet government would have restrained itself from pushing that advantage, but I do not.

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Pierre Curie ended his lecture with the following phrase: 

"I am one of those who believe with Nobel that mankind will derive more good than harm from the new discoveries."


Colette


Colette Tremblay
Spécialiste en radioprotection
Service de sécurité et prévention
Université Laval
Québec (Québec) Canada G1V 0B1


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In 1903, Marie and Pierre Curie were awarded half the Nobel Prize in
Physics.  Henri Becquerel was awarded the other half for his discovery
of spontaneous radioactivity. In a letter to the Swedish Academy of
Sciences, Pierre explains that neither of them is able to come to
Stockholm to receive the prize. They could not get away because of their
teaching obligations. He adds, "Mme Curie has been ill this summer and
is not yet completely recovered." That was certainly true but his own
health was no better. Not until June 1905 did they go to Stockholm,
where Pierre gave a Nobel lecture.

On June 6, 1905; Pierre Curie states in his lecture:

"Is it right to probe so deeply into Nature's secrets? The question must
here be raised whether it will benefit mankind, or whether the knowledge
will be harmful.  Radium could be very dangerous in criminal hands.
Alfred Nobel's discoveries are characteristic; powerful explosives can
help men perform admirable tasks.  They are also a means to terrible
destruction in the hands of the great criminals who lead peoples to
war..." 


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