I've experienced a situation where implementing regular, quality
housekeeping resulted in a significant reduction in measured worker dose.
This was done to reduce exposure in the spirit of ALARA. It cost next to
nothing. And it was a good operational industrial practice that should have
been carried out anyway.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Cohen [mailto:jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET]
Sent: Thursday, 26 June 2003 10:38 AM
To: William V Lipton; tedrock@CPCUG.ORG
Cc: Johansen, Kjell; Radsafe (E-mail)
Subject: Re: Radon, smoking and LNT
>
> Permit me a bit of a tangential excursion: My experience is that, in many
> cases, ALARA does not cost extra $$; that's just an assumption. A big
part of a
> good ALARA program is training, pre-job briefs, dry runs, and enhanced job
> planning. These generally more than pay for themselves through improved
> efficiency and quality.
Bill,
What you have described here is "Good Industrial Management and
Operations". It has nothing to do with ALARA!
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