TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE - LINDELL,BO CONTRIBUTION TO RADIATION PROTECTION

Bo Lindell, former chairman and emeritus member of ICRP, former chairm an of UNSCEAR, former Director General and emeritus worker of the Swed ish Radiation Protection Institute, is a phenomenon, His profound infl uence on radiation protection, and indeed on environmental protection and risk research in general, includes a profuse flow of scientific pu blications on all aspects of protection of man against harmful effects of radiation, In this context, perhaps his most important efforts hit herto are those relating to nuclear power, The concept of dose commitm ent, invented by Bo Lindell, is used worldwide to regulate emissions o f radioactive substances, taking into account not only the often trivi al dose to immediate bystanders, but the global effect over long time- frames, In the long run, his continuing personal influence on radiatio n protection as a branch of science and a kind of role model for other types of environmental protection may attain an even greater importan ce.