Re: Collective dose and its monetary valuation

[LIPTONW@detroitedison.com]

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Before we go overboard in setting a $/man-rem value, think about this: 
 
If my employer sets a $10,000 / man-rem value and I have a lifetime exposure 
of 50 rems, then I can obviously sue my employer for $500,000 if I later get 
cancer.  Plus punitive damages, of course. 
After all, if they refused to spend the money to prevent the exposure, they 
owe it to me, now that I've been injured by the exposure. 
Also, the employee will probably challenge the employer's dosimetry program 
and hire his own "expert" to estimate a much higher dose. 
Does your employer want to be set up for that liability?   
Do you want to be known as the one who set them up? 
 
Bill Lipton 



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Hi there,

Radsafers,

I am  searching for different monetary values of collective dose as used in
optimization of radioprotection in different countries, for different
classes of people and different levels of exposure.
I would also be interested in potential uses of collective dose other than
in the field of optimization as for example in performance assessment.

Thanks for any references or contacts,
				Jean-Michel MURE
Email : Jean-Michel.Mure@andra.fr

ANDRA
DESS/SBSE
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1-7, rue Jean Monnet
92298 CHATENAY MALABRY Cedex
FRANCE

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