Re: Status of NRC/EPA 25 vs 15 mrem criteria

[joseph_guido@radian.com (joseph guido)]

     The NRC codified the 25 mrem rule last year (62 FR 9058).  
     
     EPA has published a statement calling the NRC rule "not protective of 
     the public health."  Check out OSWER directive 9200.4-18 available on 
     the epa web site .... follow links to the marssim page.
     
     not sure what ever happened to the epa's 15 mrem rule .. thought it 
     was withdrawn... anyone have some insite?
     
     joseph guido
     health physicist
     radian international
     joseph_guido@radian.com


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Subject: Status of NRC/EPA 25 vs 15 mrem criteria
Author:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at INTERNET
Date:    3/19/98 7:56 PM


Does anyone in radsafe land know if the EPA and NRC have kissed and made up 
over their respective approaches to unrestricted release criteria ? Has the 
issuance of Marrsim done anything to cause a consensus to be reached between 
the two agencies and if not is there any time expectation for resolution ?
     
Am I correct in assuming that both of their proposed criteria are exactly 
that - "proposals" and neither has any real statutory authority except for 
the 4 mrem water limit ?
     
Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on current situation.
     
Pete C.