RE: 2nd Clarification on opinion request

["McDonald, Michael P" <mpmcdon@sandia.gov>]

Joe,

Here is my comment on the issue as you requested:

Be careful when you publicly make a statement that could be taken as a
defamation of character.  To state that this CHP is "falsifying a
calculation" is a very serious allegation.  CHPs have to sign and follow a
Standards of Professional Responsibility to gain their certification.  Even
if you can prove the allegations, it's still dangerous to defame, especially
on a forum such as Radsafe, where that person could claim and probably prove
in court damage to his/her reputation.  If you have some facts you would
like to share with us, please do!

Michael McDonald, CHP, RRPT
Sandia National Laboratories
mpmcdon@sandia.gov
505-844-0653



-----Original Message-----
From: Archer, Joe [mailto:archerj@wipp.carlsbad.nm.us]
Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 7:41 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: 2nd Clarification on opinion request


My main reason for posting the TLD-shielding calculation scenario last
Friday was to speak to the issue of ethics. It looked like to me that a
person's calculation started with zero to prove zero. There are no health
issues here and the argument to move the TLD rack would only be to avoid a
self induced headache calculating TLD doses. What I was hoping Radsafers
could comment on is the issue of blatantly claiming 16 inches of shielding
that aren't there to defend your claim that there is no problem. I
personally have a problem with someone who sullies the HP profession by
falsifying a calculation. There is a well known joke where a person asks a
lawyer what a particular value is and the lawyer replies "What do you want
it to be?". I don't want HPs to become the brunt of that joke.

Thanx again
Joe

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