RE: Treatment of radiation accident/terrorism victims

[Jack_Earley@RL.GOV]

I agree w/ you, except that I don't know that NRC and DOE fall within that

group re. LNT per se. Ten years or so ago when they revised their

regulations they were probably following what appeared to be a reasonable

course. I'm hoping they'll not be overly swayed by public opinion, but

rather by science, the next time around. I realize the impact that has on

our profession; hopefully we'll be wise enough to plan ahead. I know many

have made the transition; for instance, I remember wondering 20 years ago

why there were so very few "old" HPTs. They went somewhere; I just never

learned where that was.



Jack Earley

Radiological Engineer





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

From: Jerry Cohen [mailto:jjcohen@prodigy.net]

Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 4:19 PM

To: Jack_Earley@RL.gov; Jim Muckerheide-CNTS;

radsafe-digest@list.vanderbilt.edu

Subject: Re: Treatment of radiation accident/terrorism victims





Jack,

I really didn't want to suggest that we shouldn't try to change public

attitudes; just that under current conditions, it is hard to be optimistic.

I think there would be little possibility for success unless we could

somehow neutralize the "enemy within" (i.e. those who feed at the trough

of radiophobia). Were it not for the prevalent hysteria, a lot of radsafe

people would need to seek employment in other areas.

Jim gives a partial listing (quoted below) of  the enemy within.

I don't know if the members of these groups sincerely believe in LNT and

similar nonsense, or whether they know better, but are exploiting public

fears to advance their self interests. Either of these possibilities seems

depressing .

In any case, before we can hope to educate the public, perhaps we

should educate these insiders.  On second thought, maybe eliminating all

poverty and disease in the world might be easier.   Jerry



 >Jim Muckerheide wrote-

>But do we do about NCRP/ICRP?  EPA/DOE/NRC?  BEIR/IAEA/UNSCEAR?

>All the same small group of people with a mission to mislead the

>politicians/public/media!?



>Regards, Jim







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

From: <Jack_Earley@RL.gov>

To: <jjcohen@prodigy.net>; <jmuckerheide@cnts.wpi.edu>;

<Jack_Earley@rl.gov>; <radsafe-digest@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 7:15 AM

Subject: RE: Treatment of radiation accident/terrorism victims





> And the problem would be . . .? I know--let's all throw our hands in the

air

> and say that since it isn't easy, let's not try. In fact, in spite of our

> best efforts, it may not occur in most of our lifetimes. So let's not even

> make the effort. I wonder what the antis said when they were first

> considering the prospect of facing the nuclear industry and the supportive

> national governments. Why even try? Back then, the average newspaperman

> didn't even have a college degree. And yes, they were mostly men. And

hardly

> liberal. (Description recently provided by NPR.) So who's going to help

> them? They helped themselves.

>

> If I recall correctly, the largest insurance category today is

reinsurance.

> Started by a young woman at Enron who had an idea one day and sold it to

> their business enterprise group. And if I further recall correctly,

> something like 75 percent of the companies listed in Fortune 500 20 years

> ago aren't even close today. They became complacent. Maybe they had an

> industry group w/ local chapters that contributed to their apathy. Maybe

> they had an ICRP. Maybe they don't exist anymore, because that was what

they

> were trying to protect above all else.

>

> Jack Earley

> Radiological Engineer

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Jerry Cohen [mailto:jjcohen@prodigy.net]

> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 5:38 PM

> To: Jim Muckerheide; Jack_Earley@RL.GOV;

> radsafe-digest@list.vanderbilt.edu

> Subject: Re: Treatment of radiation accident/terrorism victims

>

>

> Jack,

>     And after we finish that simple task, perhaps we can next eliminate

> all poverty and disease in the world.   Jerry>

> > -----Original Message-----

> > From: Jack_Earley@RL.GOV [mailto:Jack_Earley@RL.GOV]

> >

> > The best treatment would be to educate the public so the media and antis

> > can't lie to them as readily.

>







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