Re: Compensation of survivors

[BERNARD L COHEN <blc+@PITT.EDU>]

On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, William V Lipton wrote:



> Did the hoods provide radiation shielding?  Weren't you concerned about cataracts?  How

> do you know the dose to the head and eyes?  When you say that, "Wearing a radiation

> badge outside the apron would have shut down my research program." are you saying that

> an adequate radiation protection program would have shut down your research?

> 

> This is scaaaaaary.  You're convincing me that the workers' claims for compensation are

> justified.



	--I designed my research program and was not forced to do it by my

employer. I designed it in such a way that the radiation exposures to my

body were within the limits that were then considered acceptable. The hood

was designed and tested with that in mind. I must say that, at that time,

we were concerned about neutron exposure to the eyes much more than about

gammas. If what I did was not considered proper HP practice, I would say

that that "proper practice" was wrong.



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