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Re: respiratory tract dose
At the risk of seeming more a "heel" than a "kind sole" [sic], it seems that you
should be hiring a qualified consultant for this, and in support of all those RSO
responsibilities that are beyond your qualifications.
If you are a member of the Health Physics Society, I point out that the HPS code of
ethics includes the statement, "Each member shall be a judge of his/her competence and
will not undertake any assignment beyond his/her abilities." I assume that the AIHA
has a similar code of ethics.
If I were faced with an IH issue, I would consult the CIH whom we have on staff. I
would caution any "kind sole" who is considering responding to this, that it's one
thing having a general discussion or steering a qualified person to an overlooked
reference. It's quite another to be performing calculations for a licensing document
that the NRC will be using to determine whether this facility and its personnel can
safely handle the requested radioactive materials.
The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.
Curies forever.
Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com
Kevin Creed wrote:
> Help, I'm new to Radsafe and an IH. I am also the RSO and must work out a
> dose estimation for a license amendment. The hypothetical scenario is
> inhalation of 3.75 microcuries of Scandium 46 (1120.5 KeV) adsorbed onto
> airborne smoke particles. I have checked out Cember's Intro to Health
> Physics (1st ed.) and read Chapter 11, Internal Rad' Protection. The book
> refers to ICRP's two compartment lung model for a similar problem but does
> not supply the equation(s). I have put in interlibrary loan requests for
> the specific Health Physics issues which address this but I don't know if I
> will receive them in time.
> Would one of you kind soles please provide me with the necessary equations
> and any constants which I may need? I would like to work out the problem
> myself to further my rad' knowledge. My e-mail
> is: creed@humboldt.edu, fax (707) 826-5703, phone (707) 826-3356.
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Kevin Creed
> R. Kevin Creed
> Director/RSO
> Environmental Health & Safety
> Humboldt State University
>
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