Re: New NRC committee members

["Ron L. Kathren" <rkathren@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>]

Gus --

I wholeheartedly agree.  However, it is virtually impossible to gain the 
ear of the powers that be in Washington -- the HPS has little political 
clout (or at least such was the case when I was President).  A number of 
us tried to get Ted Webster appointed a few years back, without success.  
Perhaps we could focus on a single candidate, and as individuals as well 
as as a body push hard via letters etc. to have a radiation safety 
professional (ie health physicist) appointed.  If so, I stand ready to 
write letters, contactmy congressmen, or do whatever to get a suitable HP 
appointed.

Ron Kathren

On Mon, 22 May 1995, Potter, Charles wrote:

>      The following information has recently been made available:
>      
>      The administration has drafted a list of candidates for the 
>      five-member Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which will have only two 
>      confirmed members as of July 1. The list includes Cas Robinson, head 
>      of a national coalition on high-level nuclear waste for the Nuclear 
>      Energy Institute; Ray Durante, US program director for Atomic Energy 
>      of Canada Ltd.'s CANDUS-3 nuclear reactor program; Mark Shaffer, aide 
>      to Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner Vicky Bailey; Greta Dicus, 
>      member of the Arkansas Department of Health; and Dan Berkovitz, 
>      democratic staffer with the Senate Environment and Public Works 
>      Committee.
>      
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>      
>      It seems to me that the HPS and/or any other group with a vested 
>      interest in NRC philosophy should take an active interest in these 
>      procedings, since a majority of the committee will be changed.
>      
>      Gus Potter
>      Sandia National Laboratories
>      CAPOTTE@sandia.gov
> 
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