Page 1, Section 1, Paragraph 2 ~ Any canpetent rad-safe organization
will provide a small number of extremely responsible monitors for
especially hazardous operations, as well as health physicists able to
seek out unrecognized hazards.
Page 1, Section 1, Paragraph 3 - I disagree with this paragraph since
it implies that the rad-safe function is "reduced” in quality, ignores
the responsibility mentioned in the paragraph above, and ignores the
responsibility for maintaining records and providing legally acceptable
proof of doses.
Page 2, Section 2.a. - Since Greenhouse, there has been extremely
effective continuity in rad-safe supervision. This has been provided
by two very competent health physicists; first, John Servis and, then,
Gordon Jacks, at least one of whom hes been present at each Eniwetok
operation and who were both located between operations with the Health
Physics Organization at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. The
implied criticism of the campetence of these men as health physicists
is unjustified.
Page 2, Section 2.b. - The hypotheses on which the conclusions of this
paragraph are based are certainly suspect today. In fact, one musi
now worry about a rad-safe organization capable of fulfilling its mission
at a variety of locations and under a variety of circumstances. The
statement that ten to twelve men could perform this function for any
likely test series at Eniwetok is simply incorrect.
Page 2, Section 2.c.(2) - I disagree with this statement.
Page 2, Section 2.c.(4) - This is an extremely serious indictment of an
organization.
I doubt if the charrse could be substantiated, or that
you would wish to be a party to such a statement.
Page 2 - The content of Sections 2.c.(1), (3), (5), and (6) seems to be
that H+N wants to make its life easier.
justification for such a change.
I doubt if that is sufficient
Page 3, Section 4.a. - The parallelism between ITS and EPG is by no
means as close as indicated. At Nevada there is a continuity of service
with REECO that is not possible with H+N at Eniwetok. The contrast
between a William Johnson, a competent health physicist living with his
wife and family in Las Vegas, and some ummarried and to-be-hired H+N
employee, presumably with a one year contract, living eway from his
fanily on Parry Island, is obvious.
Page 3, Section 4.b. - This was tried on Redwing and found to be unsuccessful. If, as stated in Section 2.¢.(4), scientific people are so
biased in favor of getting a job done eas to forget safety, why would
you expect more of ironworkers, carpenters, or electricians?
Page 4, Section 4.e. - I doubt if this statement could be substantiated.
Page 4, Section 4.f. - There has been interchange of equipment between
NTS and EPG. In the past H+N has tried to hire REECO rad-safe personnel
without success.
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