[Intl_DxMedPhys] The end of LNT and ALARA?

[William Sensakovic]

I completely agree with Gary that this is the time to invest. The more the relevant regulatory agencies are gutted, the less the short term costs for spinning up new sites. Further, reduction in oversight costs will be lower due to less regulations and fewer people to record regulations being broken and fewer of the existing regulations being enforced. Not to mention the reduced cost of keeping safety people on staff. This results in lower medium range costs as well. Long term costs.... well it depends what the cost share is for environmental damage and fallout from nuclear accidents. If the government takes on the burden, then there will be relatively little cost to the industry except public trust, but that might not be much of a problem with rebranding and clever marketing. Also they are unlikely to develop for a decade or so. Hard to tell.

I will let everyone determine for themselves whether recent changes to the regulatory and emergency response landscape set off any alarm bells or constitute best practice when reading the lessons learned from Fukushima by the NRC
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK253923/__;!!KGKeukY!yy19_Yyu4uIBTivCLHEBRsaDDRSRNs_-OR-XqL5MbNhMFoy6aA8cPquD-8DzSmaD8jmgvhUJhPJDGgBeMdkxb09ouzBmNQ0HHQ3jpt0u$ 
Or how political involvement, regulations, and organized crime intertwine in the right environment
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/special-report-help-wanted-in-fukushima-crime/__;!!KGKeukY!yy19_Yyu4uIBTivCLHEBRsaDDRSRNs_-OR-XqL5MbNhMFoy6aA8cPquD-8DzSmaD8jmgvhUJhPJDGgBeMdkxb09ouzBmNQ0HHTZt3jYp$ 
I don't want this to get "political" so I think I will suggest the mantra of "do your own research"
I think the cited articles are stick to the science and are a good start.

William F. Sensakovic, PhD, MRSC(MRSE), FAAPM
Chair and Assoc. Prof., Mayo Clinic (Arizona)
Founder, Telerad Physics Teaching, LLC
Twitter: @wfsensak
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One thing it may mean is a rebirth of nuclear energy for the US.  Pro tip: now is the time to invest.


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Thanks,
Gary Isenhower


On Sat, 24 May 2025 17:24:33 +0000, Mary Ellen Jafari via Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list <intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list at lists.osu.edu> wrote:

>I didn't post the announcement from the White House to generate
>political commentary but rather to start a discussion on implications
>of such a change to radiology, medical physics, and occupational
>radiational workers, and how our professional organizations should
>respond to the Executive Order.
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>I'm not the list moderator but is it possible to keep the discussion
>focused on those issues?
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>Thank you.
>Mary Ellen
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>I can’t help but feel that all these maneuvers are distractions. Also
>would be interested to learn of any binding agreements between the
>U.S. and the IAEA that are predicated on the long-standing and stable
>agreements around these regulatory concepts and limits.  International
>shipping of radioactive sources, enforcement of waste handling
>procedures, etc…
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>These concepts should be agreed upon through scientific consensus and
>not political grandstanding.
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>> Maybe this is a great way to improve genetic diversity in the US
>> population with more mutations, to substitute for a lack of
>> immigration.
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