Re: Re[2]: MIT and NIH Incidents produce NRC Information Notice

[David Walland <David.Walland@bristol.ac.uk>]

Why not write to your friendly NRC people explaining that you find it difficult to know what methods they would 
accept as sufficient and asking them to specify?  I'd love to see what they come up with!

David Walland
University of Bristol (UK)
David.Walland@bristol.ac.uk


On Wed, 1 Nov 95 10:23:29 -0600 John Harvey wrote:

> From: John Harvey <harveyj@mcmail.CIS.McMaster.CA>
> Date: Wed, 1 Nov 95 10:23:29 -0600
> Subject: Re: Re[2]: MIT and NIH Incidents produce NRC Information Notice
> To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> 
> Once you folks in the US have devised programs that do not allow 
> individuials to circumvent regulations, please let us in the Great White 
> North know. We would like to eliminate all crime as well.
> 
> 
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> 
> On Wed, 1 Nov 1995 sandy_perle@email.fpl.com wrote:
> 
> >      You are absolutely correct. No licensee can ensure complete control 
> >      when an individual is deadset on circumventing procedures as well as 
> >      security precautions. The best the licensee can accomplish is to 
> >      provide adequate procedures, scrutiny of the workers they hire, and a 
> >      program which will identify "if" procedures have been violated, 
> >      whether they are intentionally or accidental. When discovered a 
> >      program needs to be in place that ensure proper steps are taken to 
> >      minimize the impact of the situation.
> >      
> >      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" ??
> >      
> >      
> > 
> > Sandy Perle
> > Supervisor Health Physics
> > Florida Power and Light Company
> > Nuclear Division
> > 
> > (407) 694-4219 Office
> > (407) 694-3706 Fax
> > 
> > sandy_perle@email.fpl.com
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > I am skeptical that any licensee can " ensure that they have a 
> > radiation safety program in place that will prevent deliberate 
> > misuse of radioactive materials in all licensee areas."
> > 
> > I believe that this is an impossible standard.
> > 
> > -Alan Jackson, MS, CHP
> > 
> > 
> >