Re: Hanford Site cleanup standards

[Ted de Castro <tdc@XRAYTED.COM>]

Sorry?  I thought I was clear.



The part of the previous message I included mentioned assessment of

possible adverse effects.  Such can be calculated only by using some

risk factor - currently that is LNTH which bring us the differential

"body counts" predicted for the 5 - 25 mrem/yr criteria.



Change the risk factor - change the clean-up



Or to the point - the risk factor determines the predictive answer to

the "wonder what would result" comment.  Its that or producing several

such sites with varying degrees of residual dose and waiting 10,000

years and counting the bodies.



John Jacobus wrote:

> 

> I did not know that the LNTH was a regulation that

> required site cleanups.  I thought it was the

> standards set by EPA, DOE, etc.

> 

> --- Ted de Castro <tdc@XRAYTED.COM> wrote:

> >

> >

> > > This discussion leads me to wonder what would

> > result, in terms of adverse effects to humans and/or

> > the

> > > environment, if no site cleanup activity were

> > undertaken at Hanford.

> >

> > Which brings us back to LNTH once again!  Until that

> > issue is resolved -

> > legitimate and rational questions such as this

> > cannot be answered.

> >

> 

> =====

> -- John

> John Jacobus, MS

> Certified Health Physicist

> e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com

> 

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