Re: Asking for opinions -Reply

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Charlie is absolutely correct. Dose is dose .. period. When an 
unexpected read occurs, you better have a good, detailed evaluation 
as to why the unexpected dose is rejected, and an estimate used in 
its place.

In my opinion, when a dosimeter is allowed to stray all over the 
place, there is a lack of management control over whatever dose is 
reported. I never liked allowing dosimeters to be worn off-site. This 
doesn't mean that unexpected doses can not occur within the facility 
.. from intentional misuse, walking into an unknown radiation 
environment, etc. But, there is less potential for an unexpected dose 
when the dosimeter is worn side by side with the electronic 
dosimeter, which is not the case when you walk thorough the facility 
exit door.

Sandy Perle
E-Mail: sandyfl@earthlink.net 
Personal Website: http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/1205

"The object of opening the mind, as of opening 
the mouth, is to close it again on something solid"
              - G. K. Chesterton -
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