Maybe it is just me, but I sure thought that ALARA is a lot more than just dose minimization. What happened to cost-benefit?
Jeffrey J Hoffman <hoffmanj@dteenergy.com> Sent by: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
03-04-00 11:23 PM
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Subject: ALARA
Can some of you actually be arguing against ALARA? Don't you think it
good to minimize your dose? If your natural yearly dose is 1R and you
save 25mr from a man made source, have you not saved the body from being
exposed to 25mr? ALARA is good for all things that could potentially be
harmful. If I shoot at you 5 times a year with a gun and miss, do you
care if I try 2 more times? I think you would mind. 25mr may or may
not be harmful but why take the chance? Why drive on the highway during
rush hour if you don't have too?
Thoughts are my own so flame away!
Jeff Hoffman
HoffmanJ@DTEEnergy.com
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