[ RadSafe ] Excess relative risk: LNT "Shorthand"

[Sandy Perle]

I offer the following points:

 

1.       One can not categorically equate LNT with "burdens Nuclear power
with dumb regulation, crippling the USA economy"

2.       As far as this statement, "ALARA, which I used for my office
x-rays, is simplistic but deadly when applied to the complex facilities
needed in a nuclear age and may deprive people from Cameron's "essential
trace energy." ALARA is simply a tool that evaluates the radiation work
environment, the key emphasis placed on "Reasonable", therefore, how can
this be defined a being deadly when compared to the complex facilities
needed in a nuclear age? ALARA has been around a long time, subsequent to
ALAP, and for the most part has worked well. Without a philosophy, or
regulatory requirement, there would not have been the progress made, and
perhaps, public confidence would not be on the rise. Yes, economics is key
to the nuclear renaissance we see, but public confidence drives political
thought. If the public were totally against nuclear power, there would be no
renaissance.

 

Sander C. Perle 

President

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Irvine, CA 92614

 

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-----Original Message-----
On Behalf Of howard long
 

"Shorthand" LNT (Jacobus, below) burdens Nuclear power with dumb regulation,

crippling the USA economy.

 

Should regulators, who impose 10 times the cost and time to build a reactor,


in graphs from Ted Rockwell's book, be allowed to so simplify for their own
"shorthand" 

convenience? Let them learn calculus instesd of imposing their simple
arithmetic.

 

ALARA, which I used for my office x-rays, is simplistic but deadly when
applied to 

the complex facilities needed in a nuclear age and may deprive people from 

Cameron's "essential trace energy".

Howard Long