Re:Meeting public demand

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

Bill,

    I am afraid that what you are saying is sad but true. However, if

"public demands" are the driving force behind radiation standards

and policies, I resent the fact that NRC/EPA/DOE, etc. continue

to squander many millions of dollars on senseless scientific &

technological research to maintain the facade that such

policies are based on science.

If meeting public demand is the objective of radiation policies,

why not expend our research efforts on public opinion surveys

so we can  find out what the public really wants? Perhaps we

should even have a public vote before adopting  radiation regulations.





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

From: William V Lipton <liptonw@dteenergy.com>

To: Jerry Cohen <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET>

Cc: Vincent A King/KINGVA/CC01/INEEL/US <KINGVA@INEL.GOV>;

<radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 4:28 AM

Subject: Re: Where the Deer and LNT-lope play?





> Whether I agree with current policies is irrelevant.  This is what the

public

> demands and these are the standards we will have to meet if we want to

continue

> to operate.

>

> My advice to those who can't accept this:  "If you can't do the time,

don't do

> the crime."

>

> The opinions expressed are strictly mine.

> It's not about dose, it's about trust.

> Let's look at the real problem for a change.

>

> Bill Lipton

> liptonw@dteenergy.com

>

> Jerry Cohen wrote:

>

> > Bill,

> >     Just curious--- doesn't the degree of contamination have anything to

do

> > with it?

> > Do you share the apparent NRC/EPA view that there is no such thing as de

> > minimis,

> > BRC, insignificant, etc., and that any level of "contamination"  too

much?

> >

>







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