[ RadSafe ] Fears promoted by anti-nuclear Greens

[John Jacobus]

Don,
It is interesting to note that no cases involving
radiation exposures have been won in court.  It is a
question of who as the most credible witnesses.  

--- dckosloff at firstenergycorp.com wrote:

> Franz
> 
> Here is an example of how the LNT is used in a
> public statement by lawyers
> today:
>     "While Exelon claims that there is no danger to
> residents from the
>    spills, there is no safe threshold for radiation
> exposure without an
>    increased risk of diseases like cancer," he said.
> 
> I have seen many other such examples used by many
> different people.
> Sometimes such uses are accompanied by calculations
> that show that some
> tiny increase in radiation exposure will certainly
> cause a specific number
> of deaths.  Dr. Gofman has used the LNT to calculate
> the number of deaths
> caused by exposure to normal background radiation. 
> There is a book called
> "The Petkau Effect" that asserts that the LNT
> significantly understates the
> death and illness caused by very low exposures.  The
> NRC has even posted a
> brief discussion on its website about such misuse of
> the LNT.
> 
> Don Kosloff
> Bedford, Ohio
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> SNIP
> 
> I cannot remember having seen any anti-nuclear,
> green, anti-radiation or
> whatever movement referring to ICRP, to LNT, to
> BEIR, to mSv or whatsoever.
> Have you, RADSAFErs ever seen anything in this
> context?
> SNIP
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> Best regards,
> 
> Franz
> 

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"Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse."
Adlai Stevenson

-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com

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