Re: Value of a Person-Rem

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A quick search of my bookshelf yields:

"A Manual for Implementing Residual Radioactive Material Guidelines,"
ANL/ES-160, DOE/CH/8901, Argonne National Laboratoy, Energy and Environmental
Systems Division, June 1989.  $1000/ person-rem (citing 10 CFR 50, Appendix I;
and "Safety Goals for Nuclear Power Plants," NUREG-0880, 1982).  

ANL/ES-160 also contains a table (Table 5.1, p. 90) summarizing "examples of
expenditures to limit cancer risk" derived from from NRC and EPA criteria and
guidelines.  Range is from $1 to $200 million per cancer averted, which are
equivalent to $125 to $25000 per person-rem (1.24e-4 / person-rem).

"Applying the ALARA Process for Radiation Protection of the Public and
Environmental Compliance with 10 CFR Part 834 and DOE 5400.5 ALARA Program
Requirements --Volume 1-- Discussion (Draft)"  Available in PDF format at
http://tis-nt.eh.doe.gov/oepa/guidance/aea.htm.  $1000-$6000 per person-rem w/
nominal value of $2000 per person-rem.

This last one references others:

NUREG-1530, "Reassessment of NRC's Dollar per person-rem Conversion Factor
policy," USNRC, Dec 1995.   ($2000 per person-rem?)

"Estimating Costs for Man-rem Exposures," USDOE, Office of Waste Management,
April 1996

Health Physics Society, March 1993, Position Statement on "Radiation Dose
Limits for the General Public, Part II," $40-$200 per person-rem.

Glenn
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In a message dated 98-09-03 14:01:22 EDT, you write:

<< Subj:	 Value of a Person-Rem
 Date:	98-09-03 14:01:22 EDT
 From:	John.R.Laferriere@dupontpharma.com (John R. Laferriere 671-8316)
 
 I'm trying to roughly quantify the dollar value of a facility redesign 
 project attributable to the estimated reduction in person-rem that will 
 result from the upgrade.  What I'm looking for are references that 
 mention specific dollar values per person-rem saved, for occupational 
 exposures currently in the 1-1.5 rem/yr range for an individual worker.
 Alternately, if there is a value currently widely used within the nuclear 
 industry, but which doesn't have the endorsement of any specific body, 
 that would be of interest too.
 
 I have looked through ICRP publications and found values ranging from 
 $1000/person-Sv to $100,000/person-Sv ($10 to $1000/person-rem) 
 referenced (ICRP 37).  These numbers seem unrealistically low to me.
 
 I have heard mention of an NRC endorsed value of $2000/person-rem, but 
 have no idea whether this is truly an official number, and if so where in 
 writing it appears.
 
 A search on Quest turned up a paper in Radiation Protection Management 
 quoting a value of $5000/person-rem, but without any reference mentioned .
 
 I assume this information would be of general interest to radsafe, but feel 
 free to reply directly to me, and I will be happy to summarize those posts 
 later.
 
 Thanks in advance for any numbers or references you may have.
 
 John R. Laferriere, C.H.P.
 Medical Imaging Division,
 DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company
 john.r.laferriere@dupontpharma.com
 (978) 671-8316
 
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