Definition of Clothing Contamination

["Leon E Brown" <lebrown@cmsenergy.com>]

The Big Rock Point (BRP) Restoration Project has another survey question.  Some
of you may have answers that will help us define the standard industry practice
(if such a definition exists).

Our question relates to defining a clothing contamination incident.  Clearly,
contamination of street clothes or underwear worn under anti-contamination
protective clothing (PCs) should be defined as a clothing contamination
incident.  However, the identification of contamination on modesty garments
provided by the company to be worn under PCs poses a gray area as to defining a
clothing contamination incident.

For those of you RADSAFERs out there who track clothing contamination incidents
and issue modesty garments to be worn under PCs, do you classify contamination
identified on a modesty garment when performing a whole body frisk as a clothing
contamination incident?

Thanks in advance for your reply.

Leon E. Brown
Sr. Consultant
Big Rock Point Restoration Project
(231) 547-8419
lebrown@cmsenergy.com


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