Re[2]: Blue Ice & [I-131]

["GOLDIN, ERIC" <goldinem@songs.sce.com>]

Isn't this a tangled web we weave?  Here a patient is permitted 
(albeit against the guidelines provided by the nuclear medicine 
department) to sit for hours in very close proximity to others, and 
deliver an external exposure rate around 100 mR/hr (not to mention the 
internal exposure that likely occurs as well).  On the other hand, we 
have significant portions of the public who are concerned about 
radioactive releases from nuclear power plants that deliver less than 
1 mR per YEAR to a hypothetical member of the public.  The benefit of 
the iodine administration is clear and immediate to an individual, 
while the benefits of pollution-free electricity are diffuse, not well 
understood, and chronically apply to large populations.  How will we 
ever convince the public we understand radiation protection when there 
are such dichotomies in our regulatory environment?

Eric Goldin
goldinem@songs.sce.com


Nope.  Release from regulatory control is just that.  There are no 
additional restrictions (However, the airlines could impose 
restrictions.  Their disclaimers don't appear to apply, though, since 
that would also restrict anyone with K-40).
     
Wes