[ RadSafe ] LNT Dogma?

[Joseph Preisig]

Radsafe,

     Will the US EPA be strongly downsized if Trump gets elected????

     Joe Preisig

PS  and what will occur with Yucca Mountain???


On 8/18/15, Franz Schönhofer <franz.schoenhofer at chello.at> wrote:
> Andy,
>
> i am very well aware of the Wikipedia shortfalls, but since we are dealing
> all the way in our science with probabilities we might also deal with the
> probability that Wikipedia is not necessarily 100% wrong. I do not support
> any anti-nuclear or anti radiation group, just at the contrary I use to
> adress the Greenpeace community as "Greenpiss'"- as it is frequently called
>
> in Austria.
>
> Sorry, I have already stated that LNT helps to keep radiation legislation
> easly understood and handled.
>
> A personal remark: unfortunately the only time we met personally was in
> Rhodos and I still remember this nice time with not only scientific
> highlights but also a fantastic surrounding which I explored after the
> conference in a rental car.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Franz
>
>
>
> Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> From: KARAM, PHILIP
> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 10:35 PM cience
> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] LNT Dogma?
>
> The best summation of LNT that I've heard was from a strong LNT proponent
> (sorry - can't remember his name at the moment). In a discussion after some
>
> presentations he said "LNT is almost certainly wrong, but it makes the
> book-keeping easy."
>
> According to the final arbiter of all knowledge (Wikipedia) "Dogma is a
> principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly
>
> true. It serves as part of the primary basis of an ideology or belief
> system, and it cannot be changed or discarded without affecting the very
> system's paradigm, or the ideology itself."
>
> LNT is not scientific dogma, but it has effectively become dogma for the
> ALARA philosophy, and near-dogma for regulatory, national, and international
>
> advisory bodies. And I would say that it is certainly dogma for all of the
> anti-nuclear and anti-radiation groups.
>
> Andy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Franz Schönhofer
> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 3:27 PM
> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] LNT Dogma?
>
> RADSAFErs,
>
> Anybody really knows, what a "Dogma" is? Look it up on Google. LNT does not
>
> fit to this definition. Especially LNT is lively debated and not taken for
> granted by many scientists. Therefore it cannot be called a Dogma. However
> having been a lawmaker I confess, that the concept of LNT has its great
> advantage!!!!! Now load your guns, fill your flaming devices- I`ll be able
> to stand it and anyway I am used to flaming. Compared to Austrian ministery
>
> intrigues this is a "sweet nothing"!
>
> Best regards!
>
> Franz
>
>
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