[ RadSafe ] ICRP 1 mSv Annual General Public Limit

[Perle, Sandy]

Jerry,

Excellent point regarding self-perpetuating relationships and the results.
The elitists of the elite!

Regards,

Sandy

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On 2/21/11 6:15 PM, "Jerry Cohen" <jjc105 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>Dear Franz, et al,
>
>Of course you are correct in pointing out that the ICRP has no regulatory
>authority, but it certainly has a lot of influence in development of
>national
>and international radiation directives. In this regard, they have
>essentially
>served as the ultimate authority in setting guidance for radiation
>exposure.
>Members of ICRP (and NCRP) are appointed by current members so that it is
>unlikely that those with  differing viewpoints will  gain membership and
>currently held viewpoints will generally find little or no opposition. In
>my
>opinion, this is unfortunate since such self-perpetuating relationships
>lead to
>"inbreeding" resulting in incestuous and misguided policies such as LNT
>and
>ALARA.
>
>Jerry Cohen
>


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