Re: another intentional misuse

[Debby Steva <dps3c@virginia.edu>]

I think some of you are missing Mr. Karam's point.  Intentional misuse will never
be 100% preventable in a free society such as ours and you are dreaming if you
think it can never happen at "your organization".  All of your institutions are
at risk - probably small risk - and that is the point - how much effort and millions
of
dollars do you spend to further reduce that small risk - isn't that what everyone on
Radsafe constantly rails against - the costs assoc. with reducing those already low
risks assoc. with LNT
doses?

D. Steva



Steven Rima wrote:

>      Bill touches on the cure below. My question is: Has there been any
>      formal root cause analysis conducted for any of these recent events,
>      either individually or as a group? I suspect not. Without knowing the
>      true root cause(s), there's no way to fix the problem.
>
>      We can all try to deduce the cause based on limited information, but
>      we, and the NRC, will almost certainly miss the mark if that's what is
>      done.
>
>      Steven D. Rima, CHP, CSP
>      Manager, Health Physics and Industrial Hygiene
>      MACTEC-ERS, LLC
>      sdrima@doegjpo.com
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
> Subject: Re: another intentional misuse
> Author:  William V Lipton <liptonw@dteenergy.com> at Internet
> Date:    2/29/00 8:10 AM
>
> <snip>
>
>  Now's the
> time for the institutions to try to address the root cause(s) of this problem.
> Someone
> should study this as an epidemic; that's why I've been using the word.  There
> may be common
> factors which will suggest ways for nonobtrusive and effective intervention.
> Simply saying
> that it's impossible won't work.
>
> The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
> It's not about dose, it's about trust.
>
> Bill Lipton
> liptonw@dteenergy.com
>
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