[ RadSafe ] Educating USA antinucs

[Jose Julio Rozental]

I would like to recomend two IAEA doc on nuclear communication.  I was one of the contributors to drafting and review
You can download both at:

Communication on Nuclear, Radiation, Transport and Waste Safety: A Practical Handbook 
IAEA TECDOC Series 1076, 1999
http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/te_1076_prn.pdf

COMMUNICATION PLANNING BY THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY BODY,
SAFETY REPORTS SERIES No. 24, 2002
http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1135_scr.pdf

Jose Julio Rozental
joseroze at netvision.net.il
Israel




----- Original Message -----
From: "John Jacobus" <crispy_bird at yahoo.com>
To: <jastharris at aol.com>; <hflong at pacbell.net>; <Rainer.Facius at dlr.de>;
<radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Educating USA antinucs


> Jason,
> I certainly agree that we should not treat those who
> fear radiation or are anti-nuclear as being stupid or
> ignorant.  Look as some of the anti-nuclear groups
> like the NIRS (Nuclear Information and Resource
> Service).  If you have a condensing attitude, your
> listeners will dismiss what you are saying.
>
> In many cases, what we consider irrational fears and
> idea may not be those who hold them.  And in some
> cases you have to realize the you cannot "convert"
> everyone to your way of thinking.  However, if you
> plant an idea that what they have heard may be
> inaccurate, you have at least started to have a
> dialogue.
>
> --- jastharris at aol.com wrote:
>
> > Part of the problem is how to go about talking to
> > the public.  For example, I have been told by many
> > media experts that we should not be "educating" the
> > public, rather we should be "informing" them.
> > "Educating" in this context is perceived as
> > demeaning, as if non-radiation protection people are
> > stupid or ignorant.  Communicating effectively and
> > respectfully is key. Just my two cents worth.
> >
> > Jason
> >
> > Jason T. Harris
> > Health Physics Doctoral Fellow
> > Purdue University
> > School of Health Sciences
> > Civil Engineering Building, Room 1287
> > 550 Stadium Mall Drive
> > West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051
> > w(765) 494-1530 h(217) 417-4937
> >
> >
> >
>
> +++++++++++++++++++
> On Oct. 5, 1947, in the first televised White House address, President
Truman asked Americans to refrain from eating meat on Tuesdays and poultry
on Thursdays to help stockpile grain for starving people in Europe.
>
> -- John
> John Jacobus, MS
> Certified Health Physicist
> e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com
>
>
>
>
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