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Your question:
It's my understanding that another figure used in the nuclear industry is $10k per REM avoided. Is that number up-to-date? Comment:
Although the decision about this value (alfa value that
gives the monetary value assigned to the unit of collective dose for purpose of
radiation protection) falls in the competence of national authorities,
an international harmonization will be required for sources which lead to
a global distribution of the collective dose commitment. Examples are the
release of C-14 and Kr-85 from nuclear installations.
Is is also necessary to take into account developed and less
developed countries which give a reference value for alfa different. As a first
approximation the level of health care in any country is proportional to
the country's average GNP per head. On a purely economic basis, a minimum value
to be associated with a statistical year of life lost is the annual GNP per
head. For highly developed countries, the a value of alfa was calculated to be
US$20,000 per man.Sv saved
(Ref. IIAEA Safety Series 109 - Intervention Criteria in a Nuclear or
Radiation Emergency, 1994). Many influences recommend
values between US$10,000 to US$40,000 per man.Sv.
Jose Julio Rozental
Israel
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