RE: Powernet: Special Handling individuals with lifetime dose gre ater than age

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

> (2) The current NRC Form 4 Equivalent only requires that an 
> individual state what their lifetime dose is, and, unless there is a
> PSE, nothing else need be done (other than an attempt to validate the
> dose - if the licensee can do that).
> 
> Actually that's not quite true.  There is no block to list a single
> lifetime dose total on an NRC Form 4 equivalent, only an itemization
> by licensee. Many of us add that "feature" but it's not part of a true
> Form 4 equivalent.

Linda is correct in the above statement with respect to the actual 
NRC Form 4. I was however referring to Reg Guide 8.7 which 
states that meeting the Reg Guide satisfies all requirements with 
respect to 10 CFR 20 requirements (stated right at the end of the 
Reg. Guide). It says, and many plants do this, is to accept a 
written statement from the individual stating what the lump sum 
lifetime dose is, and for that matter, can be scribbled on a napkin, 
if the individual so desires, and meets all the regulatory 
requirements.

In closing, (and this is directed to the listserver in general, and not 
directly to Linda's comments) if we in the industry accept and 
implement every recommendation from NCRP, ICRP and 
whomever, then "we" all need to stop complaining every time some 
"anti-nuclear" individual throws the risk of exposure to radiation at 
us. If we accept all recommendations, no matter how conservative 
they are, then we must also accept the conclusion that the reason 
the public believes the anti's and those regulatory bodies who 
promote a very conservative approach to radiation exposure, is 
primarily because the actions we take, even when we need not 
take them, supports those very claims. Why else would we be so 
damn conservative! The statistics of dose and risk are evident, and 
the statistics as to who is litigating against us is also quite evident. 

We are the cause of our own problems, and we do more harm by 
condoning these most ridiculous conservative processes, than the 
anti's could ever do to us.
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