Re: facility decommissioning question

[Muckerheide <muckerheide@MEDIAONE.NET>]

Emil,



I think you have offered an incorrect answer.



It seems from ccurrent practice that the correct answer is to clean up just

enough to meet regulations.  Then when the "rad protectionists," ICRP/NRPB

(as with NCRP/EPA/NRC/DOE in the US) change regulations again, many more

thousands of very profitable hours and millions of $ (EUs) can keep the

funds for rad protection flowing, including many good meetings and

conferences in nice locations, for more generations!!



So, study the paperwork and plan accordingly! (Perhaps it would also be

consistent with current policy to spread the H3 and C14 on the site at below

current limits to complete this project and to provide even more useless

work for "rad protection" in the future?)



Regards, Jim

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> Tim,

> 

> 

<snip> Are you asking, what paper work needs to be done to

> released the site?

> 

> Or what are radiation and contamination levels for the

> unconditional release?

> 

> If it is the paper work, you will have to spend some

> time to study the local Regs....

> 

> 

> If levels.

> 

> Then,

> 

> Clean it up, until you can NOT humanely, possibly

> "physically", and "statistically" justifiably see any

> traces of C-14, H-3.

> 

> The Laws and Regulations are always changing.

> 

> It is a good thing for the lawyers and regulators that

> "regular" people can not defend them selves in the

> "court of law" because there is always a some new law

> we have not heard of)

> 

> No win situation.

> 

> Back to the subject:

> 

> So, If in the near future, UK may change the

> regulatory requirements then your company may have to

> pay for another decommissioning....

> 

> So, Clean it all!

> 

> 

> The battle, almost positively, will be over the

> MDA's....and LLD's

> 

> You got tough and "hard to detect" "suckers"....and

> they live long....

> 

> So be ready and take a some "smart" book on counting

> statistics, it may help.

> 

> Do not worry.

> Things could be worse.

> It is very good that you are coming from America.

> You know English already!

> 

> 

> Good luck, Body.

> 

> 

> Emil.

> 

> 

> 

> You wrote:

> 

>>>> 

> Subject: facility decommissioning question

> 

> Dear RADSAFERS:

> 

> I was just informed that I need to travel to England

> 

> next week to look

> at a facility that no longer needs to use

> radioactive materials and

> needs to be decommissioned.  I'm told that the

> facility only ever used

> H-3 and C-14 (rather large amounts by the sound of

> it) in the 

> synthesis of radiolabeled compounds for research.

> Can anyone tell me

> what kind of decommissioning criteria are required

> in England?

> 

> Thank you.

> 

> Tim Popp

>>> 

> 

> 

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