Re: Co-60 contamination incident

["Raymond Shadis" <shadis@ime.net>]

John,

    Thank you for interjecting a note of reason.  I have recently attended

an international ANS meeting on high level nuclear waste. All of the papers

delivered were ,to my understanding, vetted before hand.

In addition, I do think that if we offer statements as fact, and not

opinion, then we ought to be prepared to offer sources and references.

Otherwise, the quality of discourse suffers. Again, Thanks.

                                                     Ray

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

From: Jacobus, John (OD/ORS) <jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov>

To: Fritz A. Seiler <faseiler@NMIA.COM>

Cc: Ted Rockwell <tedrock@CPCUG.ORG>; Jim Nelson <nelsonjima@HOTMAIL.COM>;

<shadis@ime.net>; <maury@WEBTEXAS.COM>; <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 10:47 AM

Subject: RE: Co-60 contamination incident





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 Why would the NRC or ANS accept a report that is not peer-reviewed?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