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RE: Demise of UNSCEAR?
Ted,
Thanks. I was trying to think of a better way to phase it, but optimization
may be better term than ALARA. I think I will use that when I have to
lecture to our workers.
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
3050 Traymore Lane
Bowie, MD 20715-2024
E-mail: jenday1@email.msn.com (H)
-----Original Message-----
From: Ted de Castro [mailto:tdc@xrayted.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 3:18 PM
To: Jacobus, John (NIH/OD/ORS)
Cc: 'RadSafe'
Subject: Re: Demise of UNSCEAR?
The HPS position statement answered that one - 10 REM.
As for ALARA - when is better NOT better - in this context that would be
when LESS is NOT BETTER. Althought the "L" is ALARA certainly expresses
the process as a continual lowering - your interpretation as continual
improvement would instead suggest optimization - which may or may not
mean lower. LOWER is continually BETTER IFF LNTH is true. Otherwise
optimization is better.
. . .
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