Re: Article: How I set off the subway radiation meter

[Ted de Castro <tdc@XRAYTED.COM>]

It does seem rather strange that on one hand we have very concerned and

compassionate medicos telling us that every photon has an effect - right

along side with another group of very concerned and compassionate

medicos that let patients out into the general public while still

producing exposures that would set-off nearly every alarm in a plant -

simply because if they didn't reduce medical costs by limiting stays -

they would sure be pressured to really lower medical costs.



Sandy Peril wrote:

> 

> It seems apparent to me that the regulators should focus more on the medical

> community, than all of the scrutiny the nuclear power industry faces every day.

> Priorities should be patient dose reduction, second hand exposure to others (sort of

> like second hand smoke). The power plants have successfully reduced dose. It

> makes no sense to quibble over < 1 mrem at a plant, when the dose to others from

> medical exposure is allowed to occur without intervention. priorities! Apparently the

> AMA lobby is more powerful than all of the various pro-nuclear advocates!

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