RE: Resignation from the Source Recovery Program

[barrym@stripe.colorado.edu]

I must echo Jim Herrold's comments as we have three PuBe sources on the
list!  Any information available will be greatly appreciated.  Sherry -
Best of Luck to you!

Regards, Michelle
barrym@stripe.colorado.edu

At 12:12 PM 1/13/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Dear Sherry:
>
>AAAGGGH! How could they DO that to you, and to your customers? These types
>of bureaucratic decisions, which are made without consideration for
>employees and customers, really upset me. It sounds like it's a done deal,
>or else you wouldn't be resigning. I'm sorry.
>
>As you may remember, after waiting patiently for years and years, our number
>was coming up (like next MONTH) to ship our two PuBe sources. Does this mean
>the whole program is over, or just transferred? In any event, if they are
>uprooting your whole operation, we are guaranteed that there will be more
>delays. We are renewing our NRC license this year, and I had hoped to take
>plutonium off completely. Guess not. And I suppose the idea of an AmBe
>recovery program is dead in the water too. We're stuck with a bunch of old
>sources, and I had been hoping for an economical solution.
>
>Not being familiar with the organization, who do I talk to at DOE? Anybody
>else out there in RADSAFE who is as upset about this as I am? Maybe we can't
>do anything about DOE's decision, but we can at least let them know we
>aren't happy.
>
>Good luck to you in the future.
>
>Jim Herrold, Radiation Safety Officer
>herrold@uwyo.edu
>
>University of Wyoming
>Environmental Health & Safety
>303 Merica Hall
>Laramie, WY 82071-3413
>
>(307) 766-3277
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sherry Jones [mailto:swjones@lanl.gov]
>Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 9:43 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: Resignation from the Source Recovery Program
>
>
>On October 1, 1998 the management of the PuBe Recovery Program at Los
>Alamos was transferred from DOE/HQ Defense Programs, to DOE/HQ
>Environmental Management.  DOE/EM has made the decision to not fund Los
>Alamos to process any sources.  I am EMPHATICALLY against this decision and
>feel I have no other recourse than to resign my position as the Radioactive
>Source Recovery Program (RSRP) Coordinator, effective immediately.
>
>Please refer all questions to DOE.
>
>It has been great working with all of you, and I will truly miss you.
>
>Good Luck,
>
>Sherry W. Jones
>
>********************************
>Sherry W. Jones, NMSM
>Los Alamos National Laboratory
>P. O. Box 1663, MS E524
>Los Alamos, NM 87545
>Phone (505) 665-2712
>Fax: (505) 665-8997
>E-Mail: swjones@lanl.gov
>********************************
>
>IF PEOPLE FROM OUTER SPACE ARE REALLY WATCHING US, SHOULDN'T WE BE ABLE TO
>HEAR THEM GIGGLING?
>
Michelle S. Barry, M.S.
Radiation Safety Officer
University of Colorado
Health Physics Laboratory
CB 441
Boulder, CO  80309-0441
(303) 492-6523
(303) 492-1322 fax
barrym@stripe.colorado.edu
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