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Re: respiratory tract dose
Bill, having worked on the regulatory side and a professional HP, I agree
with your position and tact. I have said as much to several licensee's,
when I found their RSO/RPM less than adequately qualified. As others can
validate, I have several times required that a licensee get a qualified
consultant to over see the RSO/RPM/radiation protection program, until the
RSO/RPM was up to speed. There are many times that I have heard licensing
personnel complain about the quality of license applications, and the
problem was normally RSO qualifications.
Dean Chaney, CHP
----- Original Message -----
From: "William V Lipton" <liptonw@DTEENERGY.COM>
To: "Thomas J Vandermey" <vandermeyt@DTEENERGY.COM>
Cc: "Kevin Creed" <creed@humboldt.edu>; <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>; "Luke
George" <tlg2@humboldt.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: respiratory tract dose
> "...pompous, sanctimonious, arrogant, and condescending..." Is that the
best you can do!
>
> BTW, I assume that you've provided this person with the needed
information, and have taken
> responsibility for his facility's licensing basis. Please share your work
with all of us.
>
> The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
> It's not about dose, it's about trust.
> Curies forever.
>
> Bill Lipton
> liptonw@dteenergy.com
>
> Thomas J Vandermey wrote:
>
> > Radsafers, is this a pompous, sanctimonious, arrogant, and condescending
response? Or is
> > it just one radsafer trying to help another by pointing out his
inadequacies? You be the
> > judge. Thanks, Bill, for your usual tact and goodwill. Gosh, I hope I
didn't spell
> > anything wrong!
> >
> > William V Lipton wrote:
> >
> > > 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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