[ RadSafe ] unbelievable and unacceptable messages on RADSAFE

[John R Johnson]

Steven

The best place to find ALARA requirements in Canada is in G-129 Revision 1, 2004. It can be found at http://www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca/pubs_catalogue/uploads/G129rev1_e.pdf

I looked in an old Worksafe BC requirement (from when they were called the WCB)  called Part 7 that I have on my computer but could not find a reference to ALARA. My information was taken from  http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/OHSRegulation/GuidelinePart7.asp#SectionNumber:G7.20(1)-1 
Guidelines Part 7 - Division 3 - Radiation Exposure; downloaded on 03/02/06.

I think that ALARA has been commonly considered in Canada, even when it was call ALAP, but did find that this was the case in the US when I worked there from 1988 to 1999.

John

John R Johnson
CEO, IDIAS, Inc.
Vancouver, B. C.
Canada
(604) 222-9840
idias at interchange.ubc.ca


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Steven Dapra 
  To: John R Johnson ; radsafe at radlab.nl 
  Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 2:47 PM
  Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] unbelievable and unacceptable messages on RADSAFE


  March 4

          Canada?  What's that?  (Har, har.)

          Okay, John, jump in.  What's going in Canada (or at least in British Columbia) with ALARA?

          India?  Pakistan?  South Africa?  Brazil?  Mexico?  This is an international list.  Let's hear from everyone.  (South Pole?)

  Steven Dapra



  At 02:03 PM 3/4/07 -0800, John R Johnson wrote:

    Steven, Franz and other "radsafers"

    Don't forget Canada

    John

    John R Johnson
    CEO, IDIAS, Inc.
    (604) 222-9840
    idias at interchange.ubc.ca

    ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Dapra" <sjd at swcp.com>
    To: "Franz Schönhofer" <franz.schoenhofer at chello.at>; <radsafe at radlab.nl>
    Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 1:26 PM
    Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] unbelievable and unacceptable messages on RADSAFE



      March 4

              You are correct, Franz, in stating that "this list is an international one".  I would like to hear something from Austria.  Why don't you present a short discussion and assessment of the current state of ALARA in Austria.  (I do not know how widespread ALARA is, and am assuming it is used in Austria.)  You could tell us how Austrian regulators interpret and apply ALARA.  You could explain what the nuclear industry thinks of the regulators, and of ALARA, and how the industry copes with both.  That would be a good place to start.  After that has been thrashed out, we could move on to ALARA in other European countries, and in the Scandanavian countries.

      Steven Dapra
      sjd at swcp.com


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