Columbia Generating Station is requesting the following information:

1)    Does your facility challenge a workers ability to hear Direct Reading 
Dosimeter alarms?

2)    How and when is this testing conducted?

3)    Do you challenge a workers ability to hear Direct Reading Dosimeter 
alarms in a high noise background area when using an enhanced alarming 
dosimeter such as a PAM 1 or PAM-TRX?

4)    Do you test outage workers during Radiation Worker initial training?

5)    What measures do take if a worker fails the hearing challenge test?


Thanks In Advance,

Ray Thomson
Health Physics Staff Advisor
Columbia Generating Station
[email protected]
Office, 509-377-8273
Pager, 509-780-0339









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