FW: respiratory tract dose (HP vs. IH approach)[Scanned]

["Mercado, Don" <don.mercado@lmco.com>]

> [Mercado, Don]  Chris Hofmeyer wrote: 

> Jerry,

> I think you are raising a sensitive but valid point: why can radiation

> safety not be an IH field of competence?  

> 

> [Mercado, Don]  All the IHs I've spoken to do get some form of radiation

> safety training. But they're not into IH for the RP aspect, its the

> toxicology, ventillation, etc. I've had many IHs come to me for a RP

> refresher before their certification test, and there are RP questions on

> the test. And I know a lot of IHs get tagged with the RSO task. If you are

> an IH and your company has a chemical detection system containing 160 uCi

> of Am-241 inside it (Chempro 100), or a 100 uCi Cd-109 source for

> irradiating photoelectric cells, how much RP training do you need? Does

> the company need a CHP for that?

> 

> 

> 

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