[ RadSafe ] Activity question

[John Jacobus]

Jerry,
It appears that 70Bq/g (approximately 2 nCi/gm is more
liberal than your < 1.0 nCi/gm.  Obviously, the LNT
had no part in the NRC's decision, otherwise they
would have picked your more conservative limit.

--- jjcohen at prodigy.net wrote:

> Several years ago, we did a study for the NRC, that
> recommended that
> anything <1.0 nci/g  (regardless of the
> radionuclides(s) involved) could be
> considered "essentially not radioactive" for
> regulatory purposes. They did
> not accept the recommendation, largely due to
> prevailing LNT beliefs. Just
> out of curiosity,  does anyone know of any dire
> health and safety
> consequence that might have resulted if this
> recommendation had been
> implemented.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <LNMolino at aol.com>
> To: <radsafe at radlab.nl>
> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 2:07 PM
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] Activity question
> 
> 
> > recently eBay the online auction site has "banned
> radioactive" items from
> > their site. In a recent letter to a person
> offering unprocessed ores on
> the site
> >  (a seemingly common practice) the following
> statement was made  by eBay.
> >
> > "Please also remember that anything that has a
> specific activity greater
> > than 70 Bq per gram (.002 microcurie per gram) is
> not permitted on eBay
> under
> > any conditions."
> >
> > So to that end I pose this question. Why the above
> "limit" what makes 70
> Bq
> > the "magic number" or rather might there be a
> "scientific basis for such a
> > "limit"?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Louis N.  Molino, Sr., CET
> > FF/NREMT-B/FSI/EMSI
> > LNMolino at aol.com
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> > 979-690-7562 (Office Fax)
> >
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-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com


		
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