Professor William Reville:

Yes, that is speculation We are not talking about the past. It is nature. I am speculating. What I am saying is that at the moment the institute has direct access to the Government but in the new situation that will not be the case. The ORP will go through the CEO of the EPA. I was careful to point out that I do not read anything ominous into that. It is just that the new situation will be far more complex and will be subjected to all sorts of variables that do not obtain at the moment. There can be all sorts of pressures and opinions floating around. I do not refer to uncontentious matters such as radon. I refer to nuclear matters. There are bodies in society that are ideologically opposed to the nuclear industry and they make arguments that something is very dangerous that scientifically does not seem to be very dangerous. All of those things are floating about. Advice on such matters is not straightforward and can be subject to political considerations.