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Re: I-131 question

To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
Subject: Re: I-131 question
From: Al Tschaeche <antatnsu@pacbell.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 14:15:33 -0700
Organization: Nuclear Standards Unlimited
References: <01IKAQ2L9EAQ935ZO6@delphi.com>
Reply-To: antatnsu@pacbell.net

JMUCKERHEIDE@delphi.com wrote:
> 
> >      Isn't the concern directed at keeping the exposure of the technologist
> >      to a minimum?  

I certainly hope not.  Have we all forgotten about ALARA and costs?? 
Even if low doses were harmful to some extent, the ICRP and NCRP both
recommend keeping doses below the limits using the ALARA principle, NOT
KEEPING DOSES TO A MINIMUM.  Hopefully the idea was misexpressed. 
Al Tschaeche antatnsu@pacbell.net

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- Re[2]: I-131 question
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