Re: Radon, smoking and LNT

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

I agree with your comments.  I think the one about

employee morale is important because it is seldom

recognized in industry and personnel practices.



We tend to trivialize worker concerns, but they are

like the rest of us and members of the public.  



--- William V Lipton <liptonw@DTEENERGY.COM> wrote:

> I have found that, most of the time, ALARA IS "Good

> Industrial Management and

> Operations".  Even at the design stage, most ALARA

> good practices don't cost

> much extra, e.g., making sure that valves are not

> installed upside down (They

> become crud traps when this occurs.), routing piping

> that will carry hi dose

> fluids to avoid occupied areas, etc.

> 

> Another side benefit of a good ALARA program is

> employee morale.  Employees care

> about their dose levels and appreciate when

> management actively promotes good

> ALARA practices.  I'd hate to have to say, "We don't

> care whether you get 5

> rems, Cohen et. al showed there's nothing to worry

> about."  It would be even

> worse if we let people get body burdens or go home

> to their families

> contaminated.

> 

> Radworkers want a workplace which minimizes dose and

> prevents personal

> contamination and uptake.

> . . .



=====

-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com



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