Re: Truck carrying 'low-level' radioactive tools crashes

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET>]

On 17 Aug 2002 at 14:24, Muckerheide wrote:



> I appreciate what you say in the specifics below. But consider that Boxer et

> al. are a product of being driven by NCRP "officials" and other

> Congress-crawlers to reinforce "concerns" about radiation down to 1 mr/yr!

> 

> Just because these denizens supported a limit of 100 mr/yr, doesn't mean

> that they don't go around Congress and other gullible officialdom strongly

> selling the LNT (way beyond what they got out of some more balanced NCRP

> report committee) 



Hello Jim,



Over the past few years, the NCRP has lost most of its external 

funding from both the NRC as well as DOE, and, relies heavily now on 

sponsorship to make ends meet. The NCRP has terminated many of its 

paid technical staff. So, my question is, what evidence do you have 

that supports your contention that all bad negative beliefs that the 

public has, and, members of Congress have, is based on input from 

NCRP? While I agree that politicos base many of their opinions on 

what their constituents tell them (not in all cases), the public, by 

your own definition, must rely on information provided by NCRP. I 

would bet that if an accurate survey were done around this nation 

asking them who is NCRP and what do they stand for, the answer would 

be overwhelmingly, they don't have a clue. If that is the case, how 

can we place the majority of the blame on today's nuclear phobia 

squarely on the shoulders of the NCRP?  In many seminars on 

communicating risks to the public, the NCRP and other associated 

organizations, were never mentioned as to having any major impact on 

public opinion.



Thanks for any information you can share.



Sandy

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