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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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