RE: LNT Debate

[R.Ryder@dl.ac.uk]

Dear radsafers,

I have listened with interest to the LNT debate. Although the statistics are 
poor, most people would agree that the case is just about proven and that 
the benefits, if adopted, would be enormous.

However, it is not likely to be adopted ever on a widespread scale  The 
over-riding reason was given by Roger Clarke of the NRPB in the UK in a 
plenary address at the IRPA9 conference in Vienna in April this year.

He summed up many of the arguments put forward in the past months by 
Radsafers. At the end of his talk in answer to a question he said 'if dose 
limits and policies are to err on the safe side, then the LNT must be used'. 
I have had to paraphrase my recollection of what he said because the 
procedings were published in advance of the meeting and therefore questions 
and answers were not included.

Roger is a member of several ICRP/ICRU committees and if their memebership 
have like views, then LNT is here to stay.

Roy Ryder

Daresbury Laboratory