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RE: So, is reprocessing in America's future?
> Is this documented somehwere? (The Co-60 in Taiwan)
Jim:
Not very well, due to the resistance of the radiation community in Taiwan
and the fact that nobody else is asking for the data. Why haven't the DOE,
NRC, EPA and the ANS, HPS, NCI,the Congress and the press asked officially
for this info? I presume it's the same reason that they cut off following
the radium dial painters (a nearly perfect study meeting all their loud
objections to ecological studies), why they cut off the Frigerio program,
why they are not seeking data from radon spas with radon levels up to one
million (yes, million) times the proposed EPA limit, etc.
This allows DOE to keep saying "The bulk of our data comes from the a-bomb
survivors," one of the most poorly controlled irradiated populations we
could choose. Provides lots of opportunities to "normalize" the data.
I personally handed the Taiwanese "ambassador" an RSH letter at a dinner at
his residence, asking for this information. I also asked for assistance
from the man who was head of the Taiwanese AEC at the time and now lives in
Maryland (whom I had met previously). They tried, but were unsuccessful.
There is little doubt about the approximate doses and about the cancer
cases. So the conclusion is clear. But we have no demographic data on age,
sex, etc of the population, so the info does not fully meet scientific
journal standards.
Wouldn't you think that our nuclear and radiation societies and federal
agencies would be asking for this information? No, they'd rather study cell
cultures for the next few years. That's how you get appointed to NCRP and
ICRP.
Ted Rockwell
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