GLW, please don't think I am argueing this subject. I am simply trying to explore this opened genie bottle of discussion......
Well, my tongue in cheek response to the notion of fracking with a fission or fusion nuclear device being accountable as an Individual Dose aggregate quantity was gleaned as part of the notion that fission or fusion detonation by a commercial mining company would necessarily be a licensed activity,...
........I was referencing the usage of the natural gas by the public with the accompanying isotopic distribution andI thought any applicable dose would be incorporated into background similar to that dose received by TV, smoke detectors, etc.
That said, would communities sited above underground mining operations be able to litigate the companies for compensation of radon mitigation the commmunities have borne as a result of the mines construction and operation; that being a process which changes the distribution of NORM?
As to that:
The regulation(s) is (are) evolving,...
The industries are resistant to get ahead of the curve so as not to establish a precedent which will become the expected standard and may be more costly over time,...
Sooooooo,....
Case law and precedent will evolve out of the first several rounds of state agencies writing citations, industry lawyers challenging the citations to administrative judges, negotiated settlements and derived precedents,....
The EPA and NRC may try to play in this arena but industry is going to point to unfunded federal mandates, some states will buttress that position others will not, and then the Congress critters will get involved and muck that whole mess up into the typical Fox News versus MSNBC harpyfest,...
I suspect it will take a couple of decades for this to all work out, which is not a bad thing in and of itself,...
As to the principle of monitoring and remediating TENORM?!?!?!?
I accept it as good stewardship, understanding that good stewardship is a comprehensive paradigm which includes capital commitment, capital conservation, capital growth, risk management, necessary environmental impact, employment growth, employment stability, et al,...