RE: PI with I-131 treatment (for Graves' disease) at work

["Lantz, Michael W(Z59078)" <MLANTZ@apsc.com>]

I'm an HP at a nuclear power plant who has dealt with a few workers who
have had Grave's disease treatments.  So this info is not medically
oriented.  Usually the doctors give them 10 mCi once or twice, I think.
We've measured 500 mR/hr at their thyroids with a small chamber energy
compensated GM tube for 10 mCi.  They can sweat detectable amounts of
this rad material onto chairs and telephones for a few weeks.  They will
alarm portal monitors for weeks, and they certainly should not enter
counting laboratorys for a while.

Unless otherwise noted, all opinions are mine alone.

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>From: 	Myung Chul Jo[SMTP:mjo@scs.unr.edu]
>Sent: 	Wednesday, June 18, 1997 12:06 PM
>To: 	Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: 	PI with I-131 treatment (for Graves' disease) at work
>
>I have a PI, professor, who is going to have a I-131 treantment
>(outpatient I think) this afternoon. I spoke to her and she is not going
>to restrict herself from her routine activities. She told me that she
>visits a number of RAM use labs daily. 
>
>What are the issues I should be concerned? Thanks in advance.
>M.Jo 
>
>This is only my opinion...
>Myung Chul Jo <mjo@scs.unr.edu>
>University of Nevada, Reno
>Health Physics/ MS 328
>Reno, NV 89557
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