RE: I-131 therapy capsules

["Williamson, Matthew" <Matthew.Williamson@nypa.gov>]

Does the tech who administers the sample continue with some follow-up on the
patient?

We had an HP tech visit his mother in the hospital, not a nuclear medicine
patient.  He came back with I-131 (~100 mREM CDE).  Yes, less than 10% of
the limit (50 REM) requiring monitoring, but throw a few of these into the
mix and some #s begin to add up.

One needs to look at the annual picture when deciding not to monitor.

Matt Williamson
Indian Point Unit 3
Williamson.m@nypa.gov <mailto:Williamson.m@nypa.gov> 	

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