RE: Co-60 contamination incident

["Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)" <jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov>]

Fritz,



This is a question I have.  What is Ted talking about?  Who is this person?

It is like an inside joke that I do not know the details to.  (Or am I the

only one on this list server who does not know what he is talking about.)



The NRC and ANS are government bureaucracies (perish the thought).  I am

sure that they have procedures for reviewing reports (or whatever this thing

is)  With regard to review of scientific work being peer-reviewed, Pons and

Fleischmann were highly respected members of the electrochemical community

before they discovered cold fusion.  While peer-review may not prevent

poor-quality work, at least it puts it out there for others to see.



-- John 



-----Original Message-----

From: Fritz A. Seiler [mailto:faseiler@nmia.com]

Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 9:39 AM

To: Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)

Cc: Ted Rockwell; Jim Nelson; shadis@ime.net; maury@WEBTEXAS.COM;

radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

Subject: Re: Co-60 contamination incident





"Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)" wrote:



> Ted,

> Why would the NRC or ANS accept a report that is not peer-reviewed?  Is

this

> information scientific or an opinion?  At least a peer-reviewed, published

> article provides an opportunity for review and comments to be other

> researchers who may have a DIFFERENT analysis of the data.



Hi All,



What is this "This isn't published in a peer-reviewed journal?!" all about?

I always thought that if you are a member of the society involved or are

introduced by a member of the society, you can speak about your recent work,

peer-reviewed or not!   That is the purpose of oral presentations or of

poster

sessions: Direct personal contact!

Maybe I have missed something along the way, but that ANS chair sounds

incredibly authoritarian.  I would be quite insulted were this to happen to

me

as a speaker or sponsor.

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