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Total Effective Dose and Total Effective Dose, Personal



RADSAFErs,



> The ICRP has long been the thought leader for radiation protection

> quantities, but it has a checkered history of naming those quantities.

> 

> At the 2003 NCRP Annual Meeting, I asked Roger Clarke a question about

> when ICRP would name the quantity "total effective dose." Judging by

> his response, Roger thought I was joking, but I was quite serious. As

> a result, I wrote a plea for ICRP to name those quantities. I believe

> that the ICRP should consider this before it makes its next

> recommendations on radiation protection. 

> 

> The editorial in question, Strom DJ. 2004. "Name Those Quantities."

> Radiation Protection Dosimetry 108(3):183-185, is available as a

> full-text .pdf at

> http://rpd.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/full/108/3/183?ijkey=33ozRZJQkC

> 6jo&keytype=ref

> 

> - Dan Strom

> 

> The opinions expressed above, if any, are mine alone and have not been

> reviewed or approved by Battelle, the Pacific Northwest National

> Laboratory, or the U.S. Department of Energy.

> 

> Daniel J. Strom, Ph.D., CHP

> Environmental Technology Directorate, Pacific Northwest National

> Laboratory

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