Re: Man Sentenced in radioactive Poisoning Case

["George Andrews" <mauser2@erols.com>]

Radsafers,
    My apologies for failing to insert signature in my response.

George Andrews, RRPT
mauser2@erols.com
N1YAE  FN31kj

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Andrews" <mauser2@erols.com>
To: <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: Man Sentenced in radioactive Poisoning Case


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Franz Schoenhofer" <schoenho@via.at>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 5:50 PM
> Subject: RE: Man Sentenced in radioactive Poisoning Case
>
> > When any coworker, who was not specially authorized needed some material
> > out of these, it was handed out to him by me for the time of use and
then
> > put back.
> >
> > I do not understand, what is so complicated and impossible about this?
> >
> >
> > >...snipped...
> Franz,
>     Let us consider your example. Your coworker, who was not specially
> authorized, needed some material which were locked and you have the only
> key. You issue some of the material to this individual. For this example,
it
> need not be radioactive material. (Perhaps it is a radioactive cyanide
> compound.) You did not indicate that you personally supervise the use of
> these materials after issue. How would you control what the person did
with
> the material after obtaining it. If the individual were to misuse the
> material, how could you possibly prevent the misuse? If the material was
> misused, should you be held legally responsible? Should you be cited by
the
> regulatory agency?
>     It is my opinion that the system you described takes all precaution
that
> is possible, short of personal supervision of each use of all material. It
> is only by personally supervising each and every use of regulated or
> dangerous material that misuse can be prevented. Would this be possible in
> the situation you have described?
>


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