RE: Estimating doses from criticality accidents

["Minnema, Douglas" <Douglas.Minnema@ns.doe.gov>]

	J. J. Rozental writes ...

> <snip>
> 
> For  my understanding , considering  topics from the press (some topics,
> bellow) the responsible parties in the Japan  Accident were:
> 
> a) Regulatory Authority
> b) Licensee (Organization)
> c) Workers
> d) Radiation Safety Officer
> e) Radiation Protection Officer
> 
> Only after the investigation of  circumstances, it will possible to define
> their level of responsibility and if any other party also will be
> involved. 
> 
> <snip>
> 
> J. J. Rozental
> josrozen@netmedia.net.il
> _________________
> 
> Mr. Rozental,
> 
> I believe that you have created a very compelling collection of thoughts
> in your message, and I look forward with interest to how it progresses.
> As I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, these workers were set up for
> failure.  It is in the 'mindset' or 'culture' that the real lessons of
> this accident exist.
> 
> Only one minor point.  Here in the US the responsibility for criticality
> safety does not normally lie with the radiation protection discipline, but
> rather in a dedicated criticality safety engineering discipline (typically
> nuclear engineering 'types').  I am not certain, but this may also be the
> case in Japan.  While the radiation protection staff may not be completely
> innocent, neither are they the technical experts in the subject.
> 
> Doug Minnema, Ph.D., CHP
> Defense Programs, DOE
> <Douglas.Minnema@ns.doe.gov>

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