Re: Apology for a mistake (Man Sentenced in radioactive Poisoning

[Jim Abraham <jimabe@lamar.colostate.edu>]

"Bradshaw, Keith" wrote:

>         Well up to a point.  But doesn't the organisation have a
> responsibility to ensure it doesn't employ psychos?  And that the people who
> ARE employed are treated well in order to reduce their chances of turning
> psycho?  BTW, I think that Mcdonalds coffee case was stupid too.
>
>         keith.bradshaw@nnc.co.uk

Your taking a tangent of a tangent here.  Getting back to a UNIVERSITY setting,
(a reminder of where this discussion started) this is absolutely not feasible.
Many universities employ thousands of graduate students who do the bulk work of
handling radiation sources for the purpose of their research.  Of course they
answer to their advisors who answer to the safety offices, and I'm sure, are
"screened" somewhat before being accepted into their university's graduate
program.  But to insinuate that personality tests should now determine whether
someone is "at risk" by working with dangerous materials and therefore should
not receive a higher education is ridiculous.  Try to sneak that one past a
lawyer.  Only then will the university be sited; not for negligence or lack of
radiation security, but for discrimination in a nice big fat civil suit.

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James P. Abraham
Alt. Radiation Safety Officer
Radiation Control Office - Environmental Health Serv.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO 80523-6021

Phone:  (970) 491-3928  Fax:  (970) 491-4804
email:  jimabe@lamar.colostate.edu
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