Re: dose limits for members of the public

[AndrewsJP@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 2/12/2002 3:38:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, rstrickert@signaturescience.com writes:



> But would the $$$ really go to auto safety or other safety concerns?
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> Would utilities pass some of their savings to the auto industry?  Would
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> hospitals use their savings to hire or train more nurses or CHPs?  Would
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> industries spend their saving to better educate the public on why the
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> increase in dose limits was really no cause for concern anyway?


Look at it as an economics problem where  the radiation safety budget is overspent for non-productive activity.  It the production is improved, then there is a positive net benefit.  Some of that will be for the above mentioned activities and much of it will be for others.  The positive net benefit is what we are looking for. (Here, to the detriment of our own profession, I am sorry to say.)


John Andrews

Knoxville, Tennessee