Abel J. González has worked in radiation protection for the last four decades, most recently as Director of Radiation, Transport and Waste Safety, the senior radiation safety official of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Previously, in his native Argentina, he was a Director of the Argentine National Atomic Energy Commission and President of the Argentine Nuclear Power Plant Corporation. He is a founding member of the Argentine Radiation Protection Society.Mr González was a member of International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) Committee 4 from 1978 to 2000 and is currently an ICRP commisioner, member of the ICRP Main Commission. He is one of the longest serving participants of the United Nations Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR). He is also member of the IAEA Commission on Safety Standards.

He has been honoured with a number of awards, notably: the IAEA Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his work for the International Chernobyl Project; the Morgan Award of the Health Physics Society (twice); the Lauriston S. Taylor Award of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; and, most recently, the Sievert Award for outstanding contributions to the field of radiation protection.

Mr. González graduated in 1964 from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) with the highest diploma in engineering. In 1962, while still an undergraduate, he began his professional career as a staff member of the Argentine National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) specializing in the fields of radiation protection, safety of radioactive waste management and of radioactive materials transport, and related aspects of nuclear safety.

[And this upcoming meeting Dr Gonzales and friends –  Arclight]
Invited speaker I: Dr. Abel J. Gonzalez (Argentina/NRA)
“Current Status of the Global Levels of Radiation Exposures”

Departure of Abel González from ICRP

Main Commission member Academician Abel J. González has decided to leave ICRP after 36 years of membership. At the time of his departure, Abel was the longest serving member of ICRP. He joined Committee 4 in 1977, under Committee 4 Chair Henri Jammet (France). ICRP Chairman and Vice-Chairman at the time were Bo Lindell (Sweden) and Dan Beninson (Argentina). In 2001 Abel was elected to the Main Commission under ICRP Chairman Roger Clarke (UK), and he served as ICRP Vice-Chairman from 2008 to 2013.

His long and active service to ICRP will be honoured at a Gala Dinner on October 22, 2013, as part of the 2nd International Symposium on the System of Radiological Protection in Abu Dhabi.

http://www.icrp.org/page.asp?id=181

And Dr Gonzalez also has a much more detailed account of his work here.. He shared the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize with the IAEA for instance ,, Arclight2011

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And there is this…
CONSEQUENCES OF CHERNOBYL WORSE THAN ASSUMED

At the last international meeting organised by the IAEA in 1991 on the consequences of Chernobyl, they concluded “future increases over the natural incidence of cancers or hereditary effects would be difficult to discern, even with large and well designed long term epidemiological studies”(The International Chernobyl Project, Assessment of Radiological Consequences and Evaluation of Protective Measures. Conclusion and Recommendations of a report by an international advisory committee, 1991.). This prediction has proved to be totally incorrect…..

In particular the Greenpeace report points to:* Increases in diseases, such as immune deficiencies, diseases of the digestive organs, cardiovascular systems and malignant tumours have all been noted in both some of those involved in the clean-up (800,000 so called “liquidators”) and some of those living in contaminated areas.* Several studies have showed a clear relationship between radiation dose and particular morbidity’s (e.g. malignant tumours) among liquidators. These findings are based on substantial epidemiological data and cannot be ignored.In addition to underestimating the health consequences serious errors have come to light in recent months regarding the total radioactivity released.

Since 1986 international experts have claimed that the total radioactivity released was around50 million curies. However in February this year the Nuclear Energy Agency(NEA), part of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reviewed the discharge and established that 140 million curies was released.The figures for total land contaminated in the three republics most affected (Belarus, Russian and Ukraine) range from 100.000 to 160.000 square kilometres, with the cost to those countries estimated to rise to a staggering $300 billion, by 2015.To date an estimated 375 000 people have been relocated with a further 270 000 requiring evacuation due to the high radiation levels. In total at least 9 million people have been affected by the accident.

“It is difficult to comprehend the enormity of the Chernobyl accident” said Antony Froggatt of Greenpeace International, “

and ten years later the health, environmental and social costs have not yet peaked and are unlikely to do so for years if not decades”.Despite the massive media and public attention, the resources available to the United Nations Trust for Chernobyl have been exhausted and without further support from the international community the UN’s efforts will simply cease.http://www.witch.plus.com/chernobyl.html