[ RadSafe ] References needed: Radiation safety vs General Safety

[Falo, Gerald A Dr KADIX]

 Stephane, 

The NCRP has a report "Risk-Based Classification of Radioactive and Hazardous Chemical Wastes," NCRP Report 135, 2002. This may have some information that you might find useful. I have a copy but have not read, so I can't comment on it.

Jerry
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Gerald A. Falo, Ph.D., CHP
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U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine - Health Physics Program
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Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 5:06 PM
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Subject: [ RadSafe ] References needed: Radiation safety vs General Safety

I am trying to refresh my "training bank" and I kindly request your help in finding any papers or books (if any) highlighting differences in regulatory application in ionizing radiation safety vs chemical safety for example or biological safety etc. I don't want to start another discussion on ALARA or even LNT, but I would be interested in seeing how much we are doing in Health Phsycis vs how little we do in other safety fields (not assuming that we are the only one working in safety !!!)

Some paper that would, for example, compare different regulations for the same relative risk.  I am always amazed to see that we can't export easily a couple of micro-curies of H-3 but we can send a nasty toxin without too much problem. Or that we have to lock some P-32 but not any toxic chemicals or strong reactives...

Thanks in advance.

Stéphane Jean-François, Eng., CHP
Manager, Environmental and Health Physics services Merck Frosst Canada
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