Re: " New ICRP guidelines to 'clarify' collective dose, Dicus says"

[Kai Kaletsch <eic@shaw.ca>]

If that is the correct definition, then I agree with your assessment (that we are in real trouble). I was going to give the ICRP the benefit of doubt and interpret "potential probability" as:



"The expectancy is greater than zero ("potential") that there is a stochastic relationship ("probability") between dose and biological effect", but I was never any good at word definitions.



Kai

  ----- Original Message ----- 

  From: Otto G. Raabe 

  To: Kai Kaletsch ; Franta, Jaroslav ; Radsafe (E-mail) 

  Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 9:08 AM

  Subject: Re: " New ICRP guidelines to 'clarify' collective dose, Dicus says "





  At 05:32 AM 3/26/2004, Kai Kaletsch wrote:



    Does anyone have a working definition for "potential probability"? 

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  March 26, 2004



  This phrase is not redundant. In this case the word "potential" means more than just "possible". It implies an existing mechanism and real capability of significant injury. It's like "potential energy"; it really exists although it might not always be manifested or unleased.



  Otto







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