RE: Son of ALARA!

[David Wall <David.Wall@it-alliance.ie>]

who are all these people? Why are you all sending me this shit?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Bernard L Cohen [SMTP:blc+@pitt.edu]
> Sent:	Wednesday, April 05, 2000 5:58 PM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	Re: Son of ALARA!
> 
> 
> On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Stanley Fitch wrote:
> > 
> > As eluded to in "ALARA What?", the battle waged by Cohen et al is
> deeply
> > rooted in the fertile soil of compromise.  If their viewpoint is
> > victorious, it could signal the second advent of nuclear power in
> > America.  Are visions of accolades dancing around in the heads of
> Cohen
> > et al?  Indeed their battle is not waged against LNT or ALARA,
> instead
> > they fight in favor of the nuclear industry's unfettered success.
> To
> > achieve this success, they must redefine acceptable risk.
> 
> 	--My goal is to save lives and improve our environment If anyone
> 
> doesn't understand this, please consult my books. In them, I accept
> LNT,
> and I discuss risk in lengthy chapters. My definition of "acceptable
> risk"
> is a risk which avoids much greater risks. How can anyone argue with
> that? 
> 
>   They must
> > somehow cause a shift in the paradigm of public opinion here in
> > America.  Let's be realistic, such a shift will never occur in our
> > democratic society.
> > 
> >  Now days Cohen et al inform us that
> > ALARA is a stupid, indefensible concept.
> 
> 	--I consider it to be indefensible because it kills many more
> people than it saves, and it no longer has any scientific basis
> 
> 
> > Why ALARA?  Quite simply this:  One ionizing event can cause a
> single
> > unrepaired double strand break, which may result in a fatal
> malignancy.
> 
> 	--It also affects biological defense mechanisms, stimulating the
> immune system, increasing production of DNA repair enzymes, etc. It is
> not
> as simple as you say. That is why ALARA has no present scientific
> basis.
> 
> Bernard L. Cohen
> Physics Dept.
> University of Pittsburgh
> Pittsburgh, PA 15260
> Tel: (412)624-9245
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> e-mail: blc+@pitt.edu
> 
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