Re: ? -Reply

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Roger Pedersen stated:

>  In my opinion, if you need to split hairs this closely, something else is wrong.

I agree completely with Roger. I also remember long hard discussions 
with Region II over a "potential over-exposure" to the whole body, 
all due to the Region trying to establish that an "upper extremity 
TLD" was actually above the elbow, and therefore, the dose exceeded 
the whole body limit of 3 rem/qtr  (NRC Form 4 was complete for these 
individuals), and did not fall under the 18.75 rem/qtr extremity 
limits. The discussions went back and forth whereby they actually 
tried to depict at what point the elbow began and ended, with the arm 
bent. 

In that case, something else WAS wrong.  In the end, NRC HQ sided 
with our utility response and data.

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