Re: Regulatory Definition Within the DOE of a "Radiation Producing

[Slaback@micf.nist.gov]

After several days I am surprized at the minimal response 
to Mr. Lee's questions.  He raised some interesting issues.
Among these :

1. Should the rad worker definition have a dose threshold?
NRC's does not, but then NRC allows a threshold for things
like monitoring and training.  What do other countries do?
Should our regulators have a de minimus dose for rad prot
programs?

2. Should natural/Tech enhananced/consumer product radiation
sources be subject to occupational radiation protection
programs?  By implication he says DoE is saying yes.
Is this the trend of the future?  If you reduce a worker's
radon dose at home should you get credit for this as part
of your ALARA program?

Send your responses to Mr. Lee and let him summarize them
for the net.

A little risk adds spice to life.
Lester.Slaback@NIST.gov