Re: Conundrum

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

I should have gone to law school; I could get rich off of people like that.

The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.

Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com

"LANNI, MARC" wrote:

>         Bill,
>
> Having had some experience with requesting an individuals
> dose from DOE contractors on many occasions, I can tell you
> that the DOE approach and rules/regulations differ completely from
> what is used in the NPP arena. I have literally recieved
> a xerox of a sticky note with someones internal calculated
> dose written on it signed by an RSO from one of these
> contractors. I ended up re-performing the in-vitro samples
> because of the inability of the contractor to comprehend
> the importance of "legal dose" as it applies to the NRC regs
> and state guidelines.
> We are really comparing apples and oranges here..just keep
> in mind that there are completely different sets of rules...
>
> Just my experiences and opinions
>
>        Marc
>
> > Marc Lanni  <mailto: mlanni@entergy.com>
> > Grand Gulf Nuclear Station - Health Physicist
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: William V Lipton [mailto:liptonw@dteenergy.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 9:15 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: Conundrum
>
> No matter how complex the arrangements, all record transfers, with the
> possible
> exception of required regulatory reports,  require the employee's consent.
> I
> am not familiar with DOE regs, but I'd have a hard time understanding how
> one
> organization can be held reponsible for controlling the exposure of an
> individual being monitored by a different organization.  It seems advisable
> to
> administratively allocate dose limits among the different organizations to
> assure that no limit is exceeded.
>
> The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
> It's not about dose, it's about trust.
>
> Bill Lipton
> liptonw@dteenergy.com
>
> brackett@bright.net wrote: ...
>
> >  Many DOE sites have multiple contractors and subcontractors, some with
> their
> > own HP departments.  One company does not have a say in the "hiring" of
> > another company's employees although they may be working in their
> > facilities.  An individual can go between various facilities in the course
> of
> > one day that are under the jurisdiction of different companies.  Obviously
> he
> > can't request a
> > termination report each time he leaves the facility to go to another.
> >
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