[ RadSafe ] LNT Petition

Tue May 7 00:23:53 CDT 2013

Hmmmm,

     The petition is an interesting idea.  Truth  be told, most dose-effect 
type curves don't have hardly any data in the low dose  region of the 
curves.  Extrapolation to the low dose region is not  fundamentally correct.
Whoever is interested in stomping on LNT (a group of people, a group of  
utilities etc.) should approach the judicial system with a case involving the  
EPA, U.S. Government etc. challenging LNT.  I'm not sure any 
group has the time and/or money to advance such a case.  Oh  well.

     Joe Preisig

In a message dated 5/6/2013 8:01:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jjshonka at shonka.com writes:

While I  am one of the 330 who have signed it, you have to have 100,000
signatures  by 5/12 to get a response from the White House.  (from the White
House  (Terms of Participation web page): To cross the second threshold  and
require a response, *a petition must reach 100,000 signatures within  30
days.).  *The petition was created on 4/12/2013.

This does  not seem to be an effective way to address this issue.  I suspect
it  is better suited to topics of widespread public interest (such as  gun
control), where getting the 100,000 signatures is more likely.   The total
HPS membership is only 5,000 or so, and many within the HPS hold  differing
views.  Add the ANS membership and  you still don't get  to 100,000 likely
signers.  More planning and an advertising campaign  with a launch that was
publicized widely might have a problem getting  100,000 to sign it within 30
days.

Joe Shonka

On Mon, May  6, 2013 at 7:20 PM, <RadiationScience at verizon.net> wrote:

> I  just signed this petition at whitehouse.gov.
>
>  
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/stop-using-linear-no-threshold-lnt
>  
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>
>  How about more Radsafers. I know many of you feel LNT is wasteful,  
harmful
> and poor science.
>
> Wes Van Pelt
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:  radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
>  [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Andrea  
Jennetta
> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 11:55 AM
> To:  radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] LNT  Petition
>
> A list serve member suggested I reach out to health  physics professionals
> to
> let you all know that there is a  petition on the White House (US) website
> asking to stop the wasteful  practice of using LNT as the basis for
> illogical
> regulations.  As a short-hand, I call it the "LNT Sucks" petition.
>
>
>  
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/stop-using-linear-no-threshold-lnt
>  
-model-epa-regulations-recognizing-hormetic-or-threshold-response/6X3dwqJX
>
>  Now some of you will no doubt be offended by that term. But for those  of
> you
> who actively work in the nuclear energy industry and  see nuclear energy 
as
> the best energy option going, I think you  already know that after 60+ 
years
> of experience there is a growing  body of empirical evidence that shows it
> is
> time for LNT to  go. Alternately it seems that if LNT is ok for nuclear
> energy and  other nuclear applications then it should be applied to other
>  industries, like the airline industry, for example.
>
> I hope you  will consider signing it. For those non-US citizens, go ahead
>  and
> sign it, too. If we get to 150 signatures the petition will be  featured 
in
> the open petition list. And that's when it will be visible  and easily
> searchable.
>
> Thank you for your  consideration.
>
> Regards,
> Andrea
>
>
>  Andrea Jennetta
> Publisher, FCW
> 202.577.8022
>  andrea at fuelcycleweek.com
>
> Follow FCW on Twitter  @NuclearBuzz
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