Re: ban rad smoke dectectors ?

[Jose Julio Rozental <joseroze@netvision.net.il>]

ban rad smoke dectectors ?

The NEA/OECD document was based on ICRP 27 and has an Appendix on Evaluation of benefit and risk considering parameters, as - Property loss due to fire, Protection of human lives,  Life-saving Potential of Fire Detectors in the home, Radiation Dose from installed ICSDs, Doses from ICSDs installed in Industrial, commercial and public buildings,  Doses from ICSDs installed in private homes, Waste disposal consideration, Scenarios of accidents: Fire, Explosion, Misuse or mutilation, Theft or loss.



Another document:



Principles for the Exemption of Radiation Sources and Practices from Regulatory Control

IAEA Safety Series No.  89 



It is an international approach to exclusion and exemption of radiation sources and practices from regulatory control, especially for sources which may be transported from one country to another, such as consumer products containing very small amounts of radioactive material. This safety guide represents a first international consensus on the subject of exemption principles 



Not available to download



Jose Julio Rozental

joseroze@netvision.net.il

Israel

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  From: Ted Rockwell 

  To: Jose Julio Rozental ; Franta, Jaroslav ; Radsafe (E-mail) 

  Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 9:18 PM

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  What do the regs say?  I know that the fire chiefs associations have said the smoke alarms with an ionizing source are life-savers--"twice as effective as the others" (however that is measured).   I hope that the regs don't say that it's better to get burned to death than to have a few microcuries of radioactivity in the house!



  Ted Rockwell

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    Radioactive lightning rods were and still are taken away from the market starting by 1980s. In fact there is not a formal study and justification 

    to use it. This is not the case for Smoke Detector. There is specific Recommendations for smoke detector. The basic document is Recommendations for Ionization chamber smoke detector in implementation of radiation protection standards,  Nuclear Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1977

    Jose Julio Rozental

    joseroze@netvision.net.il

    Israel











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      From: Franta, Jaroslav 

      To: Radsafe (E-mail) 

      Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 4:31 PM

      Subject: ban rad smoke dectectors ?





      NUCLEAR NEWS FLASHES - Tuesday, May 4, 2004 

      INTERNATIONAL: 

      --SHOULD RADIOACTIVE LIGHTNING RODS AND SMOKE DETECTORS BE BANNED? 

      France's senior nuclear regulator, Andre-Claude Lacoste, asked that question today at 

      the close of a day-long conference in Paris devoted to the management of 

      radioactively contaminated sites. Lacoste said use of such devices, which 

      cause contamination problems if not properly managed, may not be justified. 

      He also suggested that multidisciplinary working groups be set up to 

      investigate contamination issues posed by former uranium mining sites, on 

      the model of what was done around Cogema's La Hague reprocessing site. He 

      called for completion of France's inventory of contaminated sites and said 

      the administration will be in a position to identify priority sites within a year.