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Building Credibility in Public Studies

机译：建立公共研究的信誉

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On July 14, 1989, a telephone conversation with a concerned citizen in Hanford, Washington, turned out to be a turning point in my career as a scientist. I was chair of an independent Technical Steering Panel (TSP) that was directing a major research effort known as the Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction project at the Hanford Nuclear Weapons Facility. We were attempting to reconstruct, as best we could, the type and quantity of radioactive material that had been released, both deliberately and inadvertently, from the plant over the course of its 45-year history. We also planned to look at environmental transport pathways, weather data, and such factors as the age and the eating habits of the people who lived nearby in order to estimate the total radiation dose to which they were exposed. The woman on the phone was the leader of a local environmental group. She was interested in our work and asked to attend what I thought would be, for her, a very dry, boring workshop. Its agenda was to discuss some very technical aspects of the computer modeling of the transport of radioactive materials in the environment. Although I didn't strongly endorse the idea, I passed along her request to the management at the Hanford site and was not very surprised when the response was an emphatic "No!" Getting such people admittance badges was not possible, I was told, and their presence would hamper the scientific discussions. Without giving much thought to the consequences, I called the woman to convey my apologies and to encourage her to attend our regular TSP meeting after the scientific workshop.
机译：1989年7月14日，在华盛顿州汉福德市与有关公民进行电话交谈，原来是我成为科学家的转折点。我曾是一个独立的技术指导小组（TSP）的主席，该小组负责指导一项重大研究工作，即汉福德核武器设施的汉福德环境剂量重建项目。我们试图尽其所能，重建工厂已有45年历史的故意和无意中释放出的放射性物质的类型和数量。我们还计划研究环境运输途径，天气数据以及附近居住者的年龄和饮食习惯等因素，以便估计他们所受到的总辐射剂量。电话中的那个女人是当地环保组织的负责人。她对我们的工作很感兴趣，并要求参加我认为对她来说非常干燥，无聊的工作坊。它的议程是讨论环境中放射性物质运输的计算机建模的一些非常技术性的方面。尽管我没有强烈支持这个想法，但我还是将她的要求转交给了汉福德工厂的管理层，当回答是明确的“不！”时，我并不感到惊讶。有人告诉我，不可能让这样的人获得入场证，他们的出现会妨碍科学讨论。在没有考虑后果的情况下，我打电话给这位女士道歉，并鼓励她参加科学研讨会后的定期TSP会议。

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    《American Scientist》 |1995年第5期|p.468-473|共6页
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    John E. Till;

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    Radiological Assessment Corporation, 417 Till Road, Neeses, SC 29107;

  • 收录信息 美国《科学引文索引》(SCI);
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类 自然科学总论;
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