Re[2]: Wipe Transportation Responses

[Steven.Rima@DOEGJPO.COM (Steven Rima)]

     OK, I can't resist any longer! The original post on this subject said 
     that someone was going to take smears in a lab where various 
     radioactive material had been used in the past, and could the smears 
     be transported in a private vehicle with no controls.
     
     As one who has done a fair amount of consulting for various clients, I 
     would not answer a question asked this way (which is why I have not 
     replied to the original post.) There was not nearly enough information 
     given in the original post for ANYONE to give a real good answer. Any 
     answer, based on this very limited information, could conceivably 
     result in a violation of DOT regulations.
     
     Lets not flame people for trying to provide information (especially 
     when it has all been technically accurate). As the saying goes "be 
     careful what you ask, you might not like the answer you get." If you 
     want real good intelligent answers to a question via RADSAFE, make 
     sure that you provide enough information in your question!!!
     
     
     Steven D. Rima, CHP
     Manager, Health Physics & Industrial Hygiene
     MACTEC-ERS
     steven.rima@doegjpo.com


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Subject: Re: Wipe Transportation Responses
Author:  CMMI012 RSO <rso.gscancer@worldnet.att.net> at Internet
Date:    3/27/97 2:23 PM


Julia Sober wrote:
> 
> Fellow Radsafers,
> 
> As a first-time RSO, I subscribed to this list in order to gather 
> information that could affect my organization.  I also liked the 
> idea that at any time I could ask a question and receive good,
> usable information quickly.  That was the idea, anyway. 
> 
> What I have found for the most part is exactly what has been
> commented on here today.  A sort of intellectual elitism that ends 
> up bogging down the questioner in so many details that the
> answers become useless.
> 
> I asked a question here several months ago about efficiency
> determination.  I received one usable response and sparked an
> esoteric theoretical debate which I ended up giving up on.  Since 
> then I have hesitated to ask anything for fear of similar results. 
> Please keep in mind that your audience is diverse in levels of
> background and experience.  For some of us, this is the *only*
> place to turn when we have a question.  If there *are* any other 
> lists - perhaps one for the average "layperson", I would
> appreciate a referral.
> 
> Please excuse the somewhat off-topic post, I guess I couldn't
> keep quiet any longer.  For those of you who have been helpful, 
> thank you.
> 
> Julia Sober, RSO
> Northern Illinois University
> DeKalb, IL 60115
> (815) 753-1093
> jsober@niu.eduDear Julia,
I have just one simple comment - Good For You!! I am in complete 
agreement that all too often people try to "show-off" what they have 
learned (or think they have learned). Come back to reality folks, and 
let's remember that we live in the real world, not some cyber-world 
where people have nothing better to do. Take care all.
Bob Dunn