Re: Rad licensee babysitters

[sandy_perle@email.fpl.com]

     Rick:
     
Very true, and a very worthwhile method for reduction of exposure as well, which
is the primary reason we have video monitoring and verbal communications with 
many of our workers on high dose jobs. The problem arises when you have a 
thousand workers in various areas and a HP staff of 30 or more. 

Sandy Perle
Supervisor Health Physics
Florida Power and Light Company

sandy_perle@email.fpl.com

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Subject: Rad licensee babysitters
Author:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at Internet-Mail
Date:    11/1/95 10:21 AM


     
On 1 Nov 95, Sandy Perle wrote:
     
 >   The only way a licensee can meet the NRC's intent is to provide each 
 >   worker with a "baby sitter" to ensure that nothing is done to
 >   jeopardize the facilities' license conditions and the regulations. 
 >   This is unreasonable, and, who will watch the "baby sitters" ??
     
Video monitoring of workers is a common method employed in some businesses, 
industries, and schools to watch for illegal actions.  And then there's the 
ultimate "buddy system"  -  the solution used by the military at ICBM silos 
for missile launching was to require two people simultaneously unlock 
separate switches.  Each was armed with a gun (civilian term for weapon) in 
case the other one went "a little crazy in the head".
     
Rick
     
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