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Re: AW: "The Bell Tolls for LNT"
ALARA is considered in regulations. The LNT is not.
See 10 CFR 1101(b) at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/part020/part020-1101.html
You have to consider ALARA in your programs, not the
LNT.
--- Maury Siskel <maurysis@ev1.net> wrote:
> Hi John,
> "...It may be used to justify proposals for
> regulatory limits or , ... "
>
> That clause fits my understanding of a tool (not
> the only one) used
> in the regulatory process.???
> Cheers,
> Maury maurysis@ev1.net
>
> ====================
> John Jacobus wrote:
>
> >The LNT has never been a regulatory tool. ALARA is
> a
> >regulatory tool.
> >
> >The LNT is a theory to evaluate the unknown risks
> of
> >radiation at low doses based on values observed at
> >high doses. It may be used to justify proposals
> for
> >regulatory limits or recommendations for
> constraints
> >as used by the ICRP, it never had the impact in
> >regulations that ALARA does. As a scientific
> theory,
> >I
> >
> >------------ snipped ---------
> >
> >
>
>
>
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