Re: ALARA Cost/Benefit -Reply

[rkathren@tricity.wsu.edu (Ron L. Kathren)]

The $1000/rem value is old and needs to be escalated for inflation.  I
believe it originally appeared in 10CFR50 appendix I back in the early
1970's.  The original DOE ALARA guide published in 1980 used $2000, but
subsequent publications have indicated that the value of a unit dose (ie
rem) is not constant.  It may be that you will spend many times $1000 to
reduce the dose by 1 rem if you can avoid being at the top of Nader's list
of bad reactors, simply because of the PR value of doing so.

  >I've seen $1000 per person-rem ($10 per pervert), I've seen $10,000 per
>person-rem.  I've also seen in excess of $1 M per life saved from a
>remediatiion project...Take yer pick.  I believe the $1K is at Rocky Flats
>and the $10K is at Los Alamos.
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>DHARRISON@DOE.LANL.GOV
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>>>> Bates Estabrooks <besta@tis.eh.doe.gov> 10/16/96 11:20am >>>
>Radsafers:
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>I am looking for some suggested figures to use in an ALARA cost/benefit
>analysis in terms of $ expended per Rem (or Sievert) saved.  Any
>thoughts on this would be appreciated.
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>A response to me directly or on RADSAFE would be fine.
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>Thanks.
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>Bates Estabrooks
>WIPP- Carlsbad, NM
>505-234-8470 besta@tis.eh.doe.gov
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