Re: "The eyes of the beholder" / ICRP, quality factors etc

["Jerry Cohen" <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET>]

The majority of those employed in the field of radiation safety work on

ALARA and/or other policies intended to reduce low-level exposures to yet

lower levels. Positions established by ICRP, NCRP, etc. have provided the

primary impetus in supporting such policies. I wonder about the extent to

which these positions are motivated by a desire to protect public health vs.

the advancement of  self-interests. It should be axiomatic that you cannot

get major funding to protect against minor problems, and nobody wants to

kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.



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

From: Bjorn Cedervall <bcradsafers@HOTMAIL.COM>

To: <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 11:45 AM

Subject: Re: "The eyes of the beholder" / ICRP, quality factors etc





> From: "Jerry Cohen" <jjcohen@prodigy.net>

> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 10:37:26 -0800

>

>  > The transparency of the ICRP work provides a valuable opportunity to

> suggest constructive improvements & changes without propagandistic

> overtunes.

> ---

> People I trust provide information

> People I don't trust provide propaganda

>

> ---

> I agree with these comments as a more general thing but I am not sure how

to

> interpret them in this particular context - if you are referring to the

> people providing ICRP with input or the ICRP itself. When I wrote about

> "propagandistic overtunes" I referred to the input.

>

> Regardless of which, it is important to notice that we can influence the

> ICRP in a way that has not been possible before. That chance should not be

> missed. Remember also that ICRP is a dynamic system for radiation

protection

> - there is a historical context that to a large extent can be undestood

but

> now has reached a stage of complexity and need for revision - and thus

there

> is a future.

>

> This is a good thing because ICRP will now take more of radiation physics

> and biology into account (track structures, critical targets etc). Without

> that we will never get a consistent picture.

>

> Remember that "information" is about the data we have which includes

studies

> of single ionizing "particles" passing through cell nuclei etc.

>

> My personal reflections only,

>

> Bjorn Cedervall    bcradsafers@hotmail.com

>

>

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