AW: AW: [ RadSafe ] [nuclear news] Quick facts: The effects ofradiationfrom a dirty bomb

[Franz Schönhofer]

Hi Jeff,

I suspected, that your comment was a joke, but on RADSAFE I have
unfortunately not always been sure......

May I give you an example of how quickly units may change? During the
Chernobyl accident we had in Austria still the old nCi and the mrem units
officially in force. When dealing with foreign mass media or official
European Authorities everything had to be converted to SI-Units. 

It took me many years to convert in my brain the old units to the new ones. 

I sincerely believe that the USA which has been able to bring several people
to the moon and - more important - to bring them back, will also be able to
convert their radiation related units from conventional to SI units!

With my best regards,

Franz 


Franz Schoenhofer, PhD
MinRat i.R.
Habicherg. 31/7
A-1160 Wien/Vienna
AUSTRIA


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] Im Auftrag
von Jeff Terry
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 04. Juli 2007 19:00
An: radsafe Radsafe
Betreff: Re: AW: [ RadSafe ] [nuclear news] Quick facts: The effects
ofradiationfrom a dirty bomb

Hi Franz,

My comment was meant as a joke. I had spent some of the last week in  
training with all of the DOE guidelines in mrem.

Yes, the US does use SI units in scientific publications but the vast  
majority of the US populace has no concept of how long a meter is,  
what a joule is, etc.
Although liters, most have down pat for some reason.

I don't expect this to change in my lifetime. Since I spend most of  
my radioactive time in DOE facilities, mrem it is!!!

Jeff

On Jul 4, 2007, at 9:15 AM, Franz Schönhofer wrote:

> The US population is just a few percent of the world wide one. All  
> over the
> world everybody uses Sv and Bq. The US use already the SI units in all
> scientific publications. Get used to SI units!!!
>
> Franz
>
> Franz Schoenhofer, PhD
> MinRat i.R.
> Habicherg. 31/7
> A-1160 Wien/Vienna
> AUSTRIA
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl]  
> Im Auftrag
> von Jeff Terry
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 03. Juli 2007 23:47
> An: radsafe Radsafe
> Betreff: Re: [ RadSafe ] [nuclear news] Quick facts: The effects of
> radiationfrom a dirty bomb
>
> Of course, Canadians are different from Americans.
> Here in the U. S. we take our radiation dose in mrem.
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> On Jul 3, 2007, at 2:31 PM, John R Johnson wrote:
>
>> Sandy
>>
>> Are Canadians different than Americans? -:)
>>
>> John
>> ***************
>> John R Johnson, PhD
>> CEO, IDIAS, Inc.
>> Vancouver, B. C.
>> Canada
>> (604) 222-9840
>> idias at interchange.ubc.ca
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Perle" <sandyfl at cox.net>
>> To: <radsafe at radlab.nl>; <powernet at hps1.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 12:57 PM
>> Subject: [ RadSafe ] [nuclear news] Quick facts: The effects of
>> radiation from a dirty bomb
>>
>>>
>>> Radiation exposure is measured by a unit called a millisievert  
>>> (mSv).
>>> Most Canadians can expect to receive between two and four mSv each
>>> year.
>>>
>>>
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