Yes, as I expected, every site is different. MARSSIM left that flexibility just as the founding Fathers left the flexibilities in the Federal laws. The most important things in government are left up to local areas. State and County and City laws are left up to how people in the area feel about it. This is one of the wise provisions of MARSSIM. It is only guidance. If your federal regulators expect you to go by MARSSIM explicitly, then you have to negotiate with you State regulators. If you can get them to agree that you plan is the best, the Feds may back off.
This is very complicated subject. Most States have adopted MARSSIM, because it is easier on them. Local opinion is another thing. When you look at risk, ask yourself, would I live here? If not then maybe you need to look at this. If you are the only one out of 200 people on the release crew who answers no, it is time to move somewhere else.
We all have to remember background. There is potassium at high levels (1460 keV), natural uranium. Natural thorium and Cs-137 fallout (~0.1 pCi/g) in our area.
What are we talking about here? How many lives will be saved by going below 15 mRem/year? I say it is all math tricks and not reality.
2 lives per year over five years cannot be measured. This is all smoke and mirrors by protestors.
We are all going to the other side of life, that I can guarantee. Nobody lives forever. People who are recalculating these measurements, good luck! You will never get the calculations perfect because there is a higher power than you, whether you believe it or not. I think that Humans will never be able to predict the number of deaths from any sort of pollution, much less, nuclear pollution, with natural background. There is no natural PCB background, so it is easy for labs to see whether it exists or not. If there is a radiation detector that can see e-6 levels, cost effectively, tell me the name. I'll take a look at it.
This link has a thumbs up for NukeWorker. It is very popular, which is why I keep joining in. Nah, actually, I'd join in anyway, because it is fun for me also. This is a fun link! I think about this every day!
We all have to remember background. There is potassium at high gamma levels (1460 keV), natural uranium. natural thorium and Cs-137 fallout (~0.1 pCi/g) in our area.
What are we talking about here? How many lives will be saved by going below 15 mRem/year? I say it is all math tricks and not reality.
2 lives per year over five years cannot be measured. This is all smoke and mirrors by protestors.
We are all going to the other side of life, that I can guarantee. Nobody lives forever. People who are recalculating these measurements, good luck! You will never get the calculations perfect because there is a higher power than you, whether you believe it or not. I think that Humans will never be able to predict the number of deaths from any sort of pollution, much less, nuclear pollution, with natural background. There is no natural PCB background, so it is easy for labs to see whether it exists or not. If there is a radition detector that can see e-6 levels, cost effectivly, tell me the name. I'll take a look at it.
This link has a thumbs up on Nukeworker. It is very popular, which is why I keep joining in. Nah, actually, I'd join in anyway, because it is fun for me also. This is a fun link! I think about this every day!