Re: Joel, Brinkley in No-Nukes Protest (Millstone)

[Sarah Hayes <sjhayes@MIT.EDU>]

Dear RadSafers:

Not to beat a dead horse, but I thought that this might be of interest.  My
curiousity got the better of me after reading the first posting about last
weekend's anti-nuke protest, prompting me to take a look at  STAR's
(Standing for Truth About Radiation) website.  I thought that it was
interesting that the site contained bios of its Board of Directors (which
includes Mr. Baldwin), yet there was no information posted about its
"Technical Advisory Board".  I sent a question via e-mail to STAR, asking
about their Technical Advisory Board.  I've posted my original message to
STAR and their final response, which contains an interesting opinion of the
profession of health physics.  Read on.

Sarah Hayes   



-----Original Message-----
From: Sarah Hayes <sjhayes@MIT.EDU>
To: mailto: <mailto:>
Date: Monday, July 12, 1999 11:18 AM
Subject: Just a Question


>To Whom It May Concern:
>
>I am interested in the professional credentials of STAR's Board of Trustees
>and (especially) the credentials of your Technical Advisory Board.
>Specifically, I would like to know about their formal education and
>experience in the field of radiological physics and/or nuclear physics.
>How many certified health physicists are members of your organization?  I
>noticed that this important information was not listed on your website.
>Thanks very much in advance for your response.
>
>
>Respectfully,
>
>Sarah J. Hayes
>

>To: "Sarah Hayes" <sjhayes@MIT.EDU>
>Subject: Re: Just a Question
>
>well, our board of directors is not necessarily technically based, the
>tehnical advisory was created to work on policy and technical issues, the
>tech board folks all have experience in the field, some worked for the AEC,
>some are just medical doctors with experience with health effects, as for
>your question about health physicists, i personally feel that health physics
>is a field that should be occupied by medical doctors and Dr. kz morgan, the
>father of health physics has openely condemned the profession as becoming
>prostitutes for the nuclear industry and this is a man who devoted his life
>and career to the field, som of our technical advisory folks are also
>nuclear engineers and 1 theoretical nuclear phyisist

(From: Scott Cullen <scott@noradiation.org>)


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