Background radiation has NOT been increasing. In fact, it was slowly decreasing prior to 1945:
"I'll be philosophical. Until about 2 billion years ago, it was impossible to have any life on earth. That is, there was so much radiation on earth you couldn't have any life — fish or anything. Gradually, about 2 billion years ago, the amount of radiation on this planet reduced and made it possible for some form of life to begin — it started in the seas, I understand from what I've read. And that amount of radiation has been gradually decreasing because all radiation has a half-life, which means ultimately there will be no radiation. Now, when we go back to using nuclear power, we are creating something that nature tried to destroy to make life possible." — Admiral Hyman Rickover, known as the father of the Nuclear Navy (a man who was filled with regret by the end of his life).
-- Above quote was from: The Nuclear Fix, by Thijs De La Court, Deborah Pick, & Daniel Nordquist, WISE, page 1, 1982 (the reference is attributed to "the Godfather of Nuclear Power, 1982").
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