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RE: Edward Radford (1922-2001)
Some courts have upheld the ALARA principle as the standard of care.
There's a good article in the September 2001 HP Journal (by Wiedis, Jose,
and Komer) that compares different court interpretations of the ALARA
principle and its applicability to a defendant's standard of care. In cases
where the court determines that ALARA is the standard of care, it is
virtually impossible to defend, due to it's extreme subjectivity. And of
course, any radiation exposure and the diseases associated with it
inherently invokes sympathy for the plaintiff(s).
Rodney Bauman, CHP, RRPT
Bechtel Jacobs Company, LLC
Project Health Physicist
ETTP and Y-12 Waste Operations
Y-12 National Nuclear Security Complex
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jacobus, John (OD/ORS) [SMTP:jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 8:41 AM
> To: tedrock@CPCUG.ORG; Otto G. Raabe; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> Subject: RE: Edward Radford (1922-2001)
>
> Ted,
> The NCRP picked a good position. This way they catch hell from both
> sides.
>
> I was under the impression that no court case was ever won based on ALARA,
> as it is not a statutory limit.
>
> -- John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Rockwell [mailto:tedrock@cpcug.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 4:50 PM
> To: Jacobus, John (OD/ORS); Otto G. Raabe; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> Subject: RE: Edward Radford (1922-2001)
>
> John:
>
> He did, indeed! He testified in court that ALARA without limit was
> understood to be part of a licensee's legal obligation, and that an
> employee
> who had received a total of 37 mrem total in 4 years was not adequately
> protected if the utility COULD have reduced his dosage even further. The
> judge was duly impressed, and confirmed that legal obligation in the court
> record.
>
> Radford was cited, along with Sternglass and Caldecott, by Meinhold, NCRP
> President, as constituting one position with regard to radiation
> protection,
> to be balanced against Pollycove, Cohen and Feinendegen, with NCRP neatly
> in
> the center. (Reminds me of the Mutt & Jeff cartoon where Mutt admitted
> that
> he used some horse meat in his rabbit pies. How much? "50-50. One
> horse,
> one rabbit.")
>
> I have both these points documented in writing (but I no longer have the
> cartoon)..
>
> A wonderful legacy!
>
> Ted Rockwell
>
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