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RE: NCRP 136
Jerry,
Well,
you could ask Congress or state legislatures that pass the laws and allow
regulatory agencies to function. They also respond to their
constituents.
Do the
regulations do what they intend to do? Do speed laws and laws against
drunk driving protect the public? Do our radiation safety regulations
protect the workers and general public? I think they
do.
I
think the question you are asking is if the regulations are excessive and cause
an undo burden economic burden. I am sure that we have all seen cases
where this is true. Very often, laws are put on the books, but are never
removed even when they cause excessive regulatory burdens. Recently, the
NRC included language in its regulations that allowed medical licensees to
release patients from confinement if the TEDE to any individual was not likely
to exceed 5 mSv. Not a big concern to many unless you were a licensee and
the limit for release was 1 mSv. On the other hand, I believe that
Congress passed a law the prevented the NRC from using deminimis in setting
regulatory standards. We lost on that one.
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
3050 Traymore
Lane
Bowie, MD 20715-2024
E-mail: jenday1@email.msn.com
(H)
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> I am more concerned with the adequacy
of
> our regulatory programs.
John,
How do you
determine whether or not a regulatory
program is
"adequate"?