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RE: another intentional misuse
O.K Bill
Time to get off the soap box.
Offer a suggestion as to an effective way to stop someone from being
ignorant...
You can't, and neither can the NRC.
Give me a break!!!!!
Thad Simmons, RRPT
e-mail: twsimmo@mkg.com
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> From: William V Lipton[SMTP:liptonw@dteenergy.com]
> Reply To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 6:26 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: another intentional misuse
>
> Is this an epidemic or what! For whatever reasons, intentional
> contamination of self or others seems to be a trend. Any psychologists
> out there who can explain this?
>
> All of you university and other research facility hp's: If you don't
> find a way to control this, the NRC will find one for you. Don't go
> into denial.
>
> The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
> It's not about dose, it's about trust.
>
> Bill Lipton
> liptonw@dteenergy.com
>
> General Information or Other |Event Number:
> 36735 |
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> | REP ORG: NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH |NOTIFICATION DATE:
> 02/28/2000|
> |LICENSEE: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY |NOTIFICATION TIME:
> 10:40[EST]|
> | CITY: NEW YORK REGION: 1 |EVENT DATE:
> 02/09/2000|
> | COUNTY: STATE: NY |EVENT
> TIME: [EST]|
> |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE:
> 02/28/2000|
> | DOCKET:
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> ORGANIZATION |
> | |JIM TRAPP
> R1 |
> | |DON COOL
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> | NRC NOTIFIED BY: BORRI |ROBERT SKELTON
> IAT |
> | HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY
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> |EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A
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> | AGREEMENT STATE
> REPORT |
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> | On 2/9/2000, Columbia University discovered that a graduate student in
> the |
> | biology department had contamination (phosphorus-32 and sulfur-35) of
> her |
> | hair and fingers. A radiological survey also discovered contamination
> in her |
> | apartment, which is owned by the university. An assessment based
> upon |
> | urinalysis indicated a dose of several millirem to the
> student. |
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> | An investigation by the university and NYC Department of Health
> determined |
> | that the contamination was intentionally self-inflicted by the
> student. The |
> | university is currently determining whether to expel the student.
> The |
> | student is a foreign national living in the United States on a
> student |
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> visa.
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> | The NYC Department of Health has already contacted NRC Region I
> (Duncan |
> | White) regarding this
> event. |
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