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Re: Resnikoff on SNF transport to YMP [FW]

To: Floyd.Flanigan@FERNALD.GOV, frantaj@AECL.CA, radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: Re: Resnikoff on SNF transport to YMP [FW]
From: RuthWeiner@AOL.COM
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 17:27:14 EST
Reply-To: RuthWeiner@AOL.COM
Sender: owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

In a message dated 11/20/01 10:52:50 AM Mountain Standard Time, Floyd.Flanigan@FERNALD.GOV writes:

Check the DOT regs for shiping for contact and distance readings. You could strap yourself , naked , to the side of a spent fuel shipment and hang there for a week and still not get a significant amount of dose. Once again a case of irresponsible reporting.

Actually, that's a bit of an overstatement. The maximum external dose you could get would be 14 mrem/hr*24 hr/day*7 days/week = 2.35 rem which probably won't do much harm but is certainly significant. The average is about half that.
Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.
ruthweiner@aol.com

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