RE: Is Two Too Many?

["Neil, David M" <neildm@id.doe.gov>]

This was the practice on Navy nuclear shipyards when I worked on one.  The
100 mRem/yr was not the exact criterion (it was an area entry based
requirement), but in effect it worked out to about that.

Dave Neil		neildm@id.doe.gov

"Be careful about reading health books -- you might die from a misprint."
--   MARK TWAIN

On Monday, June 05, 2000 10:59 AM, Mike Fuller [SMTP:mikef@u1st.com] wrote:
> Radsafers,
> 
> On May 25, 2000, American Nuclear Insurers revised its External
> Dosimetry Criteria recommending that insureds place
> 
> TWO DOSIMETERS ON EVERONE LIKELY TO EXCEED 100MREM PER YEAR - ALL THE
> TIME.
> 
> One dosimeter is called the Dosimeter of Legal Record (DLR) - a NAVLP
> Device.  The other is called a backup dosimeter - perhaps an SRPD.
> 
> Their purpose is to establish and air tight defense in any personal
> injury case that might arise our of a person's expsoure to radiation.
> 
>  My question is:  Is anyone out there already doing this?
> 
> 
>  mikef@u1st.com

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