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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
>
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> Laboratory, or the U.S. Department of Energy.
>
> Daniel J. Strom, Ph.D., CHP
> Environmental Technology Directorate, Pacific Northwest National
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