RE: Data on Rate of Personnel Contaminations

["Isham, Michael N (INPO)" <IshamMN@INPO.org>]

Mr. Richards,
	It seems to me that Cook and Indian Point 2 plants have looked
at personnel contaminations from this perspective.  A call to these
facilities may provide the information you need and/or other contacts.

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> From: 	D.J. RICHARDS[SMTP:RICHADJ@GWSMTP.NU.COM]
> Sent: 	Tuesday, September 02, 1997 12:32 PM
> To: 	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: 	Data on Rate of Personnel Contaminations
> 
> I am currently developing radiological performance measures for the
> power
> station decommissioning project at the Haddam Neck Plant (Connecticut
> Yankee).
> 
> Not unexpectedly, one measure has generated a rather broad range of
> opinion
> among plant staff and the large group of consultants present with
> regard to
> where to set the goal. This measure is the indidence/rate of personnel
> contamination incidents.
> 
> Accordingly, I am interested in any impirical data OR anecdotal
> information on
> industry experience with the number of RWP hours logged per personnel
> contamination event in similar situations (i.e. very large outages or
> decommissioning projects) and what people consider a "acceptable" rate
> or use
> as goals.
> 
> I understand that there are huge variabilities in this issue, such as
> plant
> source term, threshold and criteria for defining an event as a
> personnel
> contamination, etc. so I would like to hold the discussion to raw data
> and
> specific experience with using such a measure in equivalent
> situations.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> D.J. Richards
> Radiological Services, Inc.
> richadj@gwsmtp.nu.com (work)
> djrichards@email.msn.com (personal)
>