[ RadSafe ] A judges' criticism of John W Gofman ? Arthur RTamplin?

[Yahoo Mail Inc]

Brent,
    I agree. It is certainly possible for  good scientists to have bad opinions. 
Several years ago, I worked with Gofman and Tamplin at LLNL. Although I did not 
agree with their "logic", I could understand how their application of ICRP 
guidance might lead to several thousands " additional deaths" in this country. 
Simply stated, they "reasoned" that if the entire population of the USA (~ 300 
million) were exposed to a  maximum allowable dose of 170 mrem/a, roughly 16,000 
additional deaths would occur. Of course, the news media had a field day 
publicizing this "revelation". Although I could not agree with the reasoning, 
their math seemed  OK. I hesitate to suggest it, but perhaps the "logic" used in 
development of the ICRP guidance should be open to some question.
Jerry Cohen



________________________________
From: Brent Rogers <brent.s.rogers at gmail.com>
To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List 
<radsafe at agni.phys.iit.edu>
Sent: Sun, May 5, 2013 7:30:31 AM
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] A judges' criticism of John W Gofman ? Arthur RTamplin?

I thought the same thing, Ed.  then decided he was being facetious.

Brent

Brevity alert: Sent from my iPad

On 01/05/2013, at 11:40, <edmond0033 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Where did anyone get the idea John Gofman and Arthur Tamplin were any eminent 
>scientists.  I remember them many years ago and didn't have that impression.  
>They were just trying to get publicity.
> 
> Ed Baratta
> edmond0033 at comcast.net
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Bob Cherry
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 6:50 PM
> To: 'parthasarathy k s' ; 'The International Radiation Protection (Health 
>Physics)Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] A judges' criticism of John W Gofman ? Arthur 
>RTamplin?
> 
> If you are a member of the Health Physics Society, Dr. Dade Moeller
> summarized the judge's criticism in a Newsletter article. Search on the HPS
> website. Old newsletters are  posted there. You should be able to find the
> article without too much trouble.
> 
> Bob C
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of parthasarathy k s
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 12:18 PM
> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] A judges' criticism of John W Gofman ? Arthur R
> Tamplin?
> 
> Dear Radsafers,
> 
> You may recall that Prof John W Gofman an eminent scientist became an ardent
> critic of nuclear power. During the latter half of his career he used to
> appear before judges as expert on harmful effects of ionizing radiation.
> 
> In one such case, a level headed judge made some scathing comments on the
> biased and irrational approach of Prof Gofman I am  not sure whether the
> judge expressed himself strongly against Dr Arthur R Tamplin, a close
> associate of Dr Gofman.
> If any of you recall the episode, I shall greatly appreciate receiving
> details of it at the earliest.
> 
> With best regards
> Parthasarathy
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> _______________________________________________
> You are currently subscribed to the RadSafe mailing list
> 
> Before posting a message to RadSafe be sure to have read and understood the
> RadSafe rules. These can be found at:
> http://health.phys.iit.edu/radsaferules.html
> 
> For information on how to subscribe or unsubscribe and other settings visit:
> http://health.phys.iit.edu
> 
> _______________________________________________
> You are currently subscribed to the RadSafe mailing list
> 
> Before posting a message to RadSafe be sure to have read and understood the 
>RadSafe rules. These can be found at: 
>http://health.phys.iit.edu/radsaferules.html
> 
> For information on how to subscribe or unsubscribe and other settings visit: 
>http://health.phys.iit.edu 
>
> _______________________________________________
> You are currently subscribed to the RadSafe mailing list
> 
> Before posting a message to RadSafe be sure to have read and understood the 
>RadSafe rules. These can be found at: 
>http://health.phys.iit.edu/radsaferules.html
> 
> For information on how to subscribe or unsubscribe and other settings visit: 
>http://health.phys.iit.edu
_______________________________________________
You are currently subscribed to the RadSafe mailing list

Before posting a message to RadSafe be sure to have read and understood the 
RadSafe rules. These can be found at: 
http://health.phys.iit.edu/radsaferules.html

For information on how to subscribe or unsubscribe and other settings visit: 
http://health.phys.iit.edu