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Re: FW: [OEM] radiation protection for the nuclear industry
The damage is done unless a concise response (without emotion) is posted to the
same listserver.
Just my thoughts...
Harry Anagnostopoulos, CHP
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Subject: Re: FW: [OEM] radiation protection for the nuclear industry
Paul,
Thanks for the post from Dr.Egilman. His retort is pure hogwash!
There are so many errors in his statement, where does one begin
to jump in. One of the glaring comments is "We now know that
average exposures among nuclear workers are above .5 and that .5
averages cause more deaths than previously believed. A good first
pass > for a "safe" would be ALARA (as low as reasonably
achievable) at .1 (about background)." In the nuclear power world,
where most of the dose is received (occupational exposure), over
90% of workers receive No Measurable Exposure (see previous
10CFR20.407 Reports. The average worker dose is somewhere
around 0.1 to 0.3 rem. And, where are all of these deaths he
references.
Sandy Perle
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the mouth, is to close it again on something solid"
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