RE:

["Ryder, R (Roy)" <R.RYDER@dl.ac.uk>]

There is already a new set of units widely in use. They are called Bq, Gy
and Sv. The British public understand them as much as they did Ci, rad and
rem 15 years ago!

Roy Ryder

-----Original Message-----
From: Weiner, Ruth [mailto:rfweine@sandia.gov]
Sent: 15 April 1999 14:57
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Subject: RE: 


The public has been reading about rems and rads in the newspapers and
magazines in the United States for about 20 years at least, and virtually
every article that uses SI units also gives the rems, rads, etc.  I have
taught generations of students about this and it isn't really hard.
Besides, I believe a new unit would only increase confusion.  People need to
try to understand SOMETHING!!

Clearly only my own opinion.

Ruth F. Weiner, Ph. D.
Sandia National Laboratories 
MS 0718, POB 5800
Albuquerque, NM 87185-0718
505-844-4791; fax 505-844-0244
rfweine@sandia.gov

-----Original Message-----
From: Jean-Charles ABBE [mailto:abbe@in2p3.fr]
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 1999 3:22 AM
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Subject: 


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Dear colleagues,
	It is always extremely difficult to have the public understanding
our nuclear jargon with becquerels, curies, rads, rems, sieverts, ....
Couldn't we propose a more simple and universal reference, the Radiological
Risk Magnitude, RRM, by analogy with the INES scale ? This is the proposal
you will find in the attached files (pdf format)...
	Thanks for any comment

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