Re: RE: RE: Late charges for unreturned badges

[LIPTONW@dteenergy.com]

When I was a graduate student at HSPH, I used to survey labs at Children's 
Hospital.  (Harvard held the license then.  I guess you now have your own 
license.)  I agree that the PI's there are generally cooperative.  I can't 
remember a situation, then, where punitive measures were required, although 
one researcher was put on an enhanced survey schedule, due to numerous
spills, 
including a major spill during an NRC inspection - fine with me, I was paid
by 
the hour!  (We got along well, and he actually taught me a lot about survey 
techniques.)   
 
Nevertheless, the PI's have to know that you can, and will go into an 
enforcement mode if that's necessary.  You're fooling yourself if you think 
that, "... The  
licensee is responsible and the RSO is only one player..."  If anything 
serious happens, you will bear most of the accountability burden, especially 
if your documentation is weak.  A "good relationship" doesn't count for much 
when the regulators are in your face.   
 
Trust is intangible, but important.  Although you can't measure it, you'll 
know (too late) when you've lost it.  Trust is not being a nice guy. (You
know 
where they finish.)  Trust is being counted on to make the tough decisions. 
 
The opinions expressed are strictly mine. 
It's not about dose, it's about trust. 
 
Bill Lipton 
liptonw@dteenergy.com 
 
 
You wrote: 
 
	  >I feel in an open and well organized program these decisions (and  
          >thus the accountability) comes through a collaborative effort  
          >between the RSO, the RSC, Management and the Investigator.  The  
          >licensee is responsible and the RSO is only one player.  If all  
          >are informed all will see the potential ramifications of any  
          >action/inaction. 
 
... 
 
	  >How do you measure trust?  I know how to  
         > measure dose!! 
 
... 
 
	  >William A. Lorenzen 
          >Children's Hospital 
          >Boston, MA 02115 
           
          >lorenzen_w@a1.tch.harvard.edu   

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