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Re: ARTICLE: Fallout likely caused 15,000 deaths
Paul and Howard
The question should be "What is safe enough (ie ALARA)?" not "What is
safe?".
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Paul lavely <lavelyp@UCLINK4.BERKELEY.EDU>
To: <hflong@pacbell.net>
Cc: <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: ARTICLE: Fallout likely caused 15,000 deaths
> Your sign wording is fine; however, I need to know what the dose is
> that we will regard as safe. Some would say that less than 100 mrem
> is okay. Other point to NCRP (or is it ICRP) that 1 mrem is "okay."
>
> So, if folks can decide on a dose that is safe - and if we can get
> the regulators to agree - the signage will not be a problem.
>
> Remember that we have recently seen a major facility closed based at
> least in part on doses to the public of less than 0.1 millirem per
> year.
>
> Paul
> lavelyp@uclink4.berkeley.edu
>
> >"SAFE" SIGN?
> >Paul,
> >How about you posting an example of a "SAFE" sign wording that HPs
> >could put up in areas where people would have the fears you listed,
> >like after a "dirty" explosion.
> >
> >You could do better than this,
> >SAFE
> >to be in ___ feet of here, for ___ hours
> >without worry of any ill effect from radiation.
> >(signed, John Doe, Health Physicist [date])
> >phone # ____
> >Howard Long
>
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