Re: another intentional misuse

[William V Lipton <liptonw@dteenergy.com>]

I think you're missing my message, when I started this.  Just because something isn't
completely preventable doesn't mean you don't try.  If you think that these incidents
are not serious enough to try to control, look at this media coverage.  This is
definitely on the NRC's and Agreement State's radar.  If you don't find a solution,
they'll find one for you.

The opinions expressed are strictly mine.

"To look for simple solutions to these complex problems is, profoundly, to misunderstand
their nature.  For our task is not to solve, but to diminish, not to cure, but to
manage.  And it is these hard truths which leave so many frustrated.  For it takes great
courage to surrender a belief in the existence of total solutions without also
surrendering the ability to care."

Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com

Debby Steva wrote:

> 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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