[ RadSafe ] Re: Fw: Someone just responded to your comment

[Sandy Perle]

On 7 Sep 2005 at 10:08, John Jacobus wrote:

> If spending $100 for shielding, that is a good
> investment as the material could be used again.  If
> having a worker receive some radiation exposure in
> completing a job, that is what their job is.  The
> issue I think is whether or not anything can be done
> to reduce exposure. 

I agree. In the utility we used $10K per manrem saved. Pretty high, 
but that seemed to be the norm considered acceptable to reduce dose. 
If there was a real risk, then the $$ were warranted. If not, then we 
spent a lot of money to reduce dose where there was no added benefit. 
Time "may" tell! The key to remember is the term "reasonable" in 
ALARA. What is reasonable to one may be unreasonable to another. That 
is where the regulators come in, and in the case of NPP, INPO makes 
that subjective assessment!

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