RE: No response: sweaty surveys

[mark sasser <duke99301@yahoo.com>]

I geuss you never really worked around PU or clean up
of that type. I do know of the Wipp project I worked
on the BWIPP for a while. There are a lot of untold
stories of handford. Some will never be told here.
U could always tell who was a -5 worker. he was the
man who washed his hands before going to the bathroom.
--- "Goff, Tom" <gofft@wipp.carlsbad.nm.us> wrote:
> we would only have the situation during abnormal
> conditions not routine.
> 
> thanks for the reply
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arp, Kathleen H. [mailto:arpkh@wsi-or.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 1:16 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: RE: No response: sweaty surveys
> 
> 
> If you are worried about it (i.e. think it is going
> to be a problem),
> then skip the cool down, use absorbent materials and
> get them out.  This
> time of year, I always worry about heat stress which
> often plays the
> greater role.  Could have kicked myself in the butt
> a couple of times
> for not paying close enough attention to that.  ____
> the contamination,
> when a person comes out of an area and has already
> lost the ability to
> sweat.  Have been in several situations where the
> worker Project
> Manager) went past the line of personal safety with
> respect to heat
> stress trying to finish the task or get far enough
> along they can take a
> break for the day (avoid another dress out).  Don't
> know what you
> situation is?
> 
> Good luck.
> K.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Goff, Tom [mailto:gofft@wipp.carlsbad.nm.us]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 1:33 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: RE: No response: sweaty surveys
> 
> 
> any concern about contamination being caught in open
> pores closing as
> the
> person cools down???
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arp, Kathleen H. [mailto:arpkh@wsi-or.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 12:18 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: RE: No response: sweaty surveys
> 
> 
> Franz,
> 
> A "cool down station" would really work great here. 
> If that is not
> possible, then supply personnel with clean towels or
> absorbent material
> at boundary and monitor skin post personnel dry off.
>  Must ensure that
> there is little potential for skin contamination
> (spread of
> contamination) to exist.  Must also consider sweat
> soaked clothing.  I
> am assuming this is a pure alpha emitter, and use of
> ratios (alpha to
> beta/gamma) and beta/gamma instrumentation is not
> applicable?  
> 
> Kathleen H. Arp
> Radiation Safety Officer
> WSI-OR (161 Mitchell Rd)
> [ph.276-9246, E-mail: arpkh@wsi-or.net] 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Franz Schoenhofer [mailto:schoenho@via.at]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 12:47 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: No response: sweaty surveys
> 
> 
> At 09:22 19.07.2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >Help!!!!!
> >
> >There was only one response to my question on doing
> personnel alpha
> surveys
> >when the person being surveyed is sweating.  
> >
> 
> I have never encountered such a problem, but I would
> probably take a
> wipe
> test on the skin with some appropriate material. One
> could wait until
> the
> sweat has dried up. - But please do not ask me, how
> to refer your counts
> to
> the contamination per square cm or square inch.....
> 
> Franz
> 
> 
> Franz Schoenhofer
> Habicherg. 31/7
> A-1160 Vienna
> Austria
> Tel.: +43-1-495 53 08
> Fax.: same number
> mobile phone: +43-664-338 0 333
> e-mail: schoenho@via.at
> 
> 
> Office:
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> Management
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> 
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