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Re: 15 or 25 mrem per year?



>From a practical (regulatory/legal) standpoint it makes a big difference.  You

could terminate your NRC license, but still have EPA designate your facility as

a NPL (Superfund) site.  Big $$.



Note:  Keep in mind that the NRC limit includes all pathways, while the EPA

limit is pathway specific.



The opinions expressed are strictly mine.

It's not about dose, it's about trust.

Curies forever.



Bill Lipton

liptonw@dteenergy.com



jjcohen wrote:



> From a practical (health and safety) standpoint, what difference would it

> make whether a 15 or 25 mrem/yr limit is applied? Just curious------

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: Redmond, Randy (RXQ) <redmondrr@Y12.doe.gov>

> To: <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 11:15 AM

> Subject: Authorized Limit(s) for Annual Dose from Release of Property

>

> > Need a quick answer and have failed to find it through a search (too many

> > hits and too little time) - Did the NRC and EPA ever settle on an

> authorized

> > limit for annual dose for release of real property?  25 millirem per year?

> > EPA still pushing 15 millirem per year?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Randy Redmond (32458)

> > Radiological Control Organization

> > BWXT Y-12 L.L.C.

> > Oak Ridge, TN

> > 865-574-5640

> >

> >

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