RE: Parents in the Linac Room - Continued

["Bult, James" <james.bult@msfc.nasa.gov>]

	Sounds like poor ALARA to me.  If the parents and the children need
or want to communicate during the exam, why not set up a closed circuit AV
system?  That would keep the kids calmer, the parents happy, and alleviate
potential regulatory problems.


	Jim Bult, RRPT
	NASA MSFC RSO
	james.bult@msfc.nasa.gov

> >To put that into perspective, a CT study of the head can deliver 4 rad
> and
> the NRC allows family members to receive 0.5 rem from nuclear medicine
> outpatients.
> >
> >Isn't that interesting?
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