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Re: Total Effective Dose and Total Effective Dose, Personal



I agree whole heartedly.  

 

Did I spell that write? 



John Jacobus <crispy_bird@yahoo.com> wrote:

Personally, I would rather see fewer names than more.



--- "Strom, Daniel J" wrote:

> 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

> > Mail Stop K3-56, PO BOX 999, Richland, Washington

> 99352-0999 USA

> > Overnight: Battelle for the U.S. DOE, 790 6th St.,

> Richland WA 99352

> > ATTN: Dan Strom K3-56

> > Telephone (509) 375-2626 FAX (509) 375-2019

> mailto:strom@pnl.gov

> > Brief Resume:

> http://www.pnl.gov/bayesian/strom/strombio.htm

> > Pagemaster for http://www.pnl.gov/bayesian 

> http://qecc.pnl.gov

> > http://bidug.pnl.gov

> > 

> > 

> 





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""A fanatic is one who cannot change his mind and won't change the subject." Winston Churchill



-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

e-mail: crispy_bird@yahoo.com



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