RE: R/A MATERIAL BAG

[Jason Armstrong <Jason.Armstrong@halliburton.com>]

Carol:

That was a pretty general statement about oil field service (OFS) companies
regarding their lacck of radiological expertise.  I recommend a thorough
investigation before making a such a comment again.  

You are welcome to contact me if you need more information regarding OFS
technical staff.

Jason Armstrong
Sr. Health Physicist
Halliburton Energy Services, an OFS company
PO Box 1431 / MS 0454
Duncan, OK  73536-0454
(580) 251-2205 fax
(888) 548-0738 pager





> -----Original Message-----
> From:	BergerIEM [SMTP:BergerIEM@aol.com]
> Sent:	Friday, May 15, 1998 11:46 AM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	Re: R/A MATERIAL BAG
> 
> Johnny:
> 
> Just a shot in the dark here, but could "SONOPCO" possibly be an oil
> exploration/production company in Alabama, Mississippi or Louisiana?  Many
> of
> these firms, and most of the support service companies consulting for
> them,
> have only marginally-qualified radiological expertise, but lots of
> encounters
> with "NORM".  If the package contains soil, vegetation, or some brittle,
> scale-like material that is a greyish-green/blue color, it might be a
> sample
> collected during one of their "NORM Swarms" that fell off the truck on the
> way
> to a laboratory  (Believe it or not, "NORM Swarm" is their terminology for
> site characterization!)  We have too many occasions where radiologically-
> benign samples are labeled by some of the more creative of these self-
> professed radiation protection professionals using some pretty scary signs
> and
> symbols . . . mostly for effect.
> 
> Carol D. Berger
> Integrated Environmental Management, Inc.
> CDBerger@IEM-Inc.com