Re: Nucl Week on French Acad of Med statement on LNT & "Disinformation"

[Chris Davey <chris.davey@cancerboard.ab.ca>]

I'm sure that's true, Ben, but I was just commenting that it would have

been nicer if the FA had protested the whole idea of moving from the ICRP

26 driven rules to ICRP 60 ones, as they seem to be the one national group

that dares to say anything different from the PC viewpoint.

Regards,

Chris

"Morgan, Ben" wrote:

>  Greetings:A
>
> 20 mSv/y limit and a 100 mSv over 5 y limit are not necessarily the same
>
> thing. As proposed by ICRP, the limts were 100 mSv over 5 y with no single
>
> year to exceed 50 mSv. This allows for doses above 20 mSv in some years
>
> (nuclear plant maintenance outages, research programs, etc.) to be balanced
>
> out with doses below 20 mSv in other years.While
>
> it adds up to the same thing, a 20 mSv/y limit does not provide this flexibility
>
> and, I believe, this is what the French Academicians are protesting.Regards,Benben.morgan@pgnmail.com

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