[ RadSafe ] FW: VARSKIN 3 charges

[George J. Vargo]

Originally, I sent this as an off-list reply, but after some reflection I
felt that it had some benefit to the group



> Wes,
> 
> RSSIC is a "fee recovery" organization, which means that it has to recover
> the cost of operations, either through sponsorship or fee for service.
> Since some of their products are export-controlled users are required to
> register.   Some codes such as MCNP have capabilities that can be used for
> purposes far beyond radiation protection that I wouldn't want in the hands
> of Iran or North Korea.  Some "sponsoring organizations", like DOE Office
> of Nuclear Energy are direct sponsors, which means that they directly
> support a percentage of RSSIC's operating costs.  Even when I was in a DOE
> Lab, I  had to pay fees to RSSIC because my DOE Program Office was not a
> sponsor.  This whole concept is a Reagan era "improvement"  to transfer
> some of the costs of government to the actual users who benefit from
> particular services.
> 
> George
> 
> George J. Vargo, Ph.D., CHP
> Senior Scientist
> MJW Corporation
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> vargo at physicist.net
>