RE: Health Department presentation

["Wright, Will (DHS-PSB)" <WWright2@DHS.CA.GOV>]

Stick to the basic aspects of radiation production: alpha, beta(+,-) gamma,

x, nuclear imbalance, etc, etc, etc. also include brief relative discussion

of emf.  Put them into perspective with a chart that shows all frequencies ,

wave length, energy.  Include discussions on isotopic abundance. Include

discussions on roentgen, rad, rem in that order.  Include discussion on

distance traveled and introduce inverse square law and half value rules.

show all those biologist exponential decay and point out it is the opposite

of   bacterial growth, the point here is the asymptotic approach of the

decay line. Include brief discussion of how low levels are buried in

background due to stochastic nature of the rad production. Give me a call if

need and I can show you how this can be done in an hour.



Will Wright, III, Ph.D.

Staff Toxicologist

Radiation & Bio-Safety Officer

510-540-3306 





 -----Original Message-----

From: 	Kim D. Merritt [mailto:k.merritt@larc.nasa.gov] 

Sent:	Thursday, March 28, 2002 8:00 AM

To:	radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

Subject:	Health Department presentation



I have been asked to give a presentation to the local public health 

department regarding radiation.  The basis of it will be to give them an 

awareness level of knowledge that will allow them to deal with questions 

posed to them by the public and with issues that they may 

encounter.  Here's my request for help: What types of issues should I 

address?  I only have one hour, so whatever I cover will have to be pretty 

broad.



Kim Merritt, RRPT

Radiation/Laser Safety Officer

NASA Langley Research Center

Hampton, VA

(757)864-3210

<mailto:k.merritt@larc.nasa.gov>



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