[ RadSafe ] Did the French Academy publish their report?

[parthasarathy k s]

Dear Dr Rozenthal,
 
You have brought out very many important points.Communication is the key issue.Communication in an emergency is more complex. I am yet to get a satisfactory answer about the question of two specialists groups arriving at opposite conclusions.
 
I gratefully remember the wonderful time we had in the IAEA on tackling the commuincation problem. Last month I went to the Agency to prepare some educational material for workers.
 
Regards,
 
K.S.Parthasarathy

Jose Julio Rozental <joseroze at netvision.net.il> wrote:
Dear Dr. Parthasarathy,

During my activities in Goiania, as general coordinator to respond the
the most serious radiological accident to have occurred to date,
I affirm that the great totality of population, more than 1 million, didn't
never have listen this word:
LNT or the extensive linear-no threshold hypothesis and many others.
Considering your question: "It is a bit strange that two learned academies
come to opposite conclusions by apparently(we still do not have access to
the papers they used, to come to different conclusions!) using the same
scientific peer reviewed papers. What will the nonexperts including the
newspaper writers do?"
I would like to present a reality in the past, now remain and will be in
the future, I mean: bad communication, communication using abstracts words
to population. Nevertheless there were many lessons on communication of
nuclear issues, many were not learned.
In Goiania, The poor management of information and the ignorance and
limitation of the population about nuclear energy led to illogical and
emotional reactions, beyond the reasonable.

I bring, in association with your question the following that I have to
manage in Goiania.

.Ionizing radiation is an invisible enemy;
.Ionizing radiation is dangerous to life;
.All radioactive materials and radiation are potentially hazardous;
. .What is exactly the meaning of small quantity, small amount or low
level?
.Whom should I believe? Do you swear?
.Who is right? Who is exaggerating?
. How do we know whom to trust?
.If there is scientific controversy about low doses and high doses are
dangerous, where do we fit in?
.I do not understand what are you talking about.
. Could you please repeat it again?
...........

Best Regards and shalom

Jose Julio Rozental
joseroze at netvision.net.il
Israel




----- Original Message -----
From: "parthasarathy k s" 
To: "Muckerheide, James" ; 
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 7:59 AM
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Did the French Academy publish their report?


> Dear Dr.Muckerheide,
>
> A few weeks ago you posted the executive summary of the report by the
French Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine questioning the
scientific validity of LNT "hypothesis". Was it published? Is it available
in the open domain?
>
> It is a bit strange that two learned academies come to opposite
conclusions by apparently(we still do not have access to the papers they
used, to come to different conclusions!) using the same scientific peer
reviewed papers. What will the nonexperts including the newspaper writers
do?
>
> I preserved a copy of the summary you sent. I am interested to get the
full report. Is it available in electronic form? Two recent developments
will keep us busy for some time. Apart from the NAS BEIR VII report, the
paper in the latest issueof the BMJ by Cardis et. al. is also of interest.
I am expecting calls from the national news agencies and newspapers.
>
> The Times of India, the most widely circulated multi edition newspaper in
India has carried the Associated Press version of the story. The font is so
large, I suspect that that they exhausted the entire stock of black ink they
have!
>
> Regards
> K.S.Parthasarathy
>
>
>
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