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Re: respiratory tract dose
Don...I so agree....I have about had it too!!!!
Mitchell W. Davis, RRPT
Health Physicist
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mercado, Don" <don.mercado@lmco.com>
To: "'William V Lipton'" <liptonw@DTEENERGY.COM>; "Kevin Creed"
<creed@humboldt.edu>
Cc: <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>; "Luke George" <tlg2@humboldt.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 10:38 AM
Subject: RE: respiratory tract dose
> Unbelievable!!!
>
> You all (some of you) are a piece of work! Kevin is a good, good friend of
> mine, and a competent, consummate professional. He smart enough to knows
> when he needs help and is not ashamed to ask for it. He has my absolute
> respect. I've worked side by side with him here at Lockheed (he used to
work
> here) for years, and on this particular problem. It was *me* who suggested
> that he take it to Radsafe (he'd never heard of it) bec he was in a time
> crunch. Phone calls and faxes between us weren't making it and I *USED* to
> have a lot of respect for what goes on here. I also didn't have the NCRP
> documents he needed. If he gets them, I'll keep helping him. He wasn't
> asking you to do the work for him, just supply the formulas and references
> to him and he'd do the work! Are you so unsure of your own skills and
> knowledge that you can't even do that????
>
> I am TOTALLY embarrassed and ashamed by y'all's responses. I expected much
> more of you (apparently too much.) It will be a cold dark day before I
> recommend this board again. Something the Dixie Chicks said about the
> President applies here about now...
>
> Kevin, buddy, I am truly sorry for the abuse you've gotten. I had no idea
> this would happen. I apologize for recommending this board.
>
> Sheesh!
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: William V Lipton [SMTP:liptonw@DTEENERGY.COM]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 9:56 AM
> > To: Kevin Creed
> > Cc: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu; Luke George
> > Subject: 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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