Re: [COL Peter Myers 289-0132: NRC Request for Comments: Releases to S

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Reply-to: Johnny.Brandon@p0.f13.n233.z1.fidonet.org (Johnny Brandon)
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 r>     These cases did not appear to result in radiation levels 
 r> exceeding public dose limits but the existence of radioactive 
 r> materials from releases to sanitary sewer systems was a cause 
 r> for concern and resulted in the 1991 amendment to Part 20.
 r>  
 r>     More recently, radioactive contamination was detected in a 
 r> sanitary sewer system  owned and operated by the Northeast Ohio 
 r> Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) in Cleveland, Ohio, during an 
 r> aerial survey of a nearby NRC-licensed facility.
 
sounds like another excuse to spend millions (if not billions) of $$$ in 
the name of a "risk free, kinder, gentler, totally safe society" ... 
 
after all, a microrem saved is a new regualtion earned :-)
 
jb, uiuc, radiation safety office
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