Re: What do you want in Rad Safety Software?

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     Think not only of RSOs but also those at larger installations such as 
     nuclear power plants.  Many such facilities have the same programs, 
     but on a larger scale.  I may not be interested in all of your 
     proposed items, because there may already be systems in place to 
     perform those activities.
     
     Perhaps you could configure your software so that persons could choose 
     the modules they need instead of all of them.
     
     Most utilities already have records systems that work just fine and 
     they are not going to change.
     
     I could see being interested in a source tracking, instrument 
     tracking, and online 10CFR20.
     
     Based on the scale of programs at utilities, software that helps 
     increase efficiency by a small amount can have a large impact.  The 
     current pressure on the utility industry is immense (right-sizing of 
     personnel).  I think there could be a market for software that is 
     effective at the proposed task, simple to learn, and can easily 
     transfer data to other applications.
     


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Subject: What do you want in Rad Safety Software?
Author:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at INTERNET
Date:    6/3/96 10:08 PM


Hello fellow Radsafers,
     
 I am toying with the idea of developing a software package for 
RSO's.  I understand that there are already some software packages on 
the market, but I don't know what they do and don't do.  All I know is 
that they are expensive.  I also want to know what all of you want in a 
Rad Safety software package.  I am planning to include the following.
     
 - Dosimetry records (Generates records for exposure requests)
 - Inventory of Radioisotopes (with a full isotope information database
   and automatic decommissioning report generation)
 - Survey Instrument calibration schedule 
 - Address book
 - Calendar
 - Log book
 - Online 10CFR20
     
Can any of you think of other applications you could use?  I want this 
to be a comprehensive package.  I plan to make the program so that it 
can be updated as needed to reflect changes in federal regulations.  I 
am planning to supply these updates via the web to anyone who might 
purchase a copy of this package.  It may be a while before this would be 
ready, but I want it to be something we all can use.
     
Thanks in advance.
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