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Re: Supplementary radiation



All



The Candu Owners Group would like to see this as a regulatory reguirement!



John Johnson; ex AECL employee



----- Original Message -----

From: <Jack_Earley@RL.GOV>

To: <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET>; <hflong@postoffice.pacbell.net>;

<Jack_Earley@RL.GOV>

Cc: <franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT>; <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET>;

<radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 2:56 PM

Subject: RE: Supplementary radiation





> As long as you don't work at a facility where it would be detected as a

> source of contamination.

>

> Jack Earley

> Radiological Engineer

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Jerry Cohen [mailto:jjcohen@prodigy.net]

> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 2:42 PM

> To: hflong@postoffice.pacbell.net; Jack_Earley@RL.gov

> Cc: franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT; sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET;

> radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

> Subject: Re: Supplementary radiation

>

>

> A few years ago there was a string on radsafe on determining the best

means

> of supplying supplementary radiation to those unfortunate people who

reside

> in radiation deficient areas.

> My favorite is adding tritium to drinking water supplies. Advantages would

> include ease of controlling the dose, uniform distribution in the body,

and

> relatively low cost. Those who subscribe to the LNT religion, could simply

> drink untritiated water.

>

>

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: <hflong@postoffice.pacbell.net>

> To: <Jack_Earley@RL.GOV>

> Cc: <franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT>; <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET>;

> <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 10:12 AM

> Subject: Re: Worker exposed to 1,000 times higher-than-normal radiation

>

>

> Dear Jack and other radsafers,

> "Radiation deficiency" is suggested by Cameron as a better understood name

> for

> the deficiency disease ("radef" for short?). That might include rickets,

the

> bone growth disruption from lack of calcium absorbtion from vit. D

> deficiency

> from lack of sunshine. Numerous ecologic (mountain state cancer rates vs

> gulf

> coast cancer rates) animal experiments in wound healing, cancer resistance

> and

> infection resistance, etc are defining radef (or whatever).

>

> Most HPs are better qualified than most MDs to prescribe individual

packages

> under bed, Co60 enriched bedsprings, etc, depending on developing data

like

> effect of age and individual application like time in that bed.

> Would you rather radiation enrichment (perhaps uranium rock like Cameron

has

> in

> his bed) be sold at the grocery, like vitamins?

>

> Howard Long

>

>

>

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