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Re: ARTICLE: Fallout likely caused 15,000 deaths
John,
"SAFE for ___ hours" sign would be improved by what you imply - threshold.
How about, the footnote, "For that long, more good than harm is likely."
Howard Long
John Johnson wrote:
> 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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