[ RadSafe ] Exelon pledges help building water system in areaofradioactive spill

[Muckerheide, James]

Amen Jerry. 

And this has everything to do with extreme radiation protection.  The upper
Midwest is currently being exposed to the need for $100s of millions to
prevent 5 pCi/L, 4 mrem/yr, of EPA-imposed radiation protection
fear-mongering fraud for radium in drinking water - a trivial component of
natural background radiation that can provide zero health benefit. (EPA knew
this cost would be entirely precluded by a limit of about 16 mrem/yr.)

Regards, Jim Muckerheide


> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
> Behalf Of jjcohen at prodigy.net
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 2:43 PM
> To: vargo at physicist.net; RADSAFE
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Exelon pledges help building water system in
> areaofradioactive spill
> 
> So,  how do they expect that this expenditure will improve public
> relations?
> I would suspect that it will have the opposite effect simply by increasing
> public awareness of something they do not understand.  [Tritium must be
> pretty dangerous for them to spend all that money to control it.]    Jerry
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George J. Vargo" <vargo at physicist.net>
> To: "RADSAFE" <radsafe at radlab.nl>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 9:02 AM
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] Exelon pledges help building water system in area
> ofradioactive spill
> 
> 
> > About two weeks ago, I posted an article concerning Exelon's
> > implementation of a special surveillance program to detect deterioration
> > and prevent or mitigate environmental releases of tritium from its
> > nuclear fleet.  This followed the detection of elevated tritium levels
> > near their Byron, IL facility.  This is the next chapter.
> >
> > As a preemptive comment, this has little to do with radiation
> > protection.  It has everything to do with PR damage control and
> > repairing relations with their neighbors.
> >
> > George J. Vargo, Ph.D., CHP
> > Senior Scientist
> > MJW Corporation
> > http://www.mjwcorp.com
> > 610-925-3377
> > 610-925-5545 (fax)
> > vargo at physicist.net
> >
> >
> > Exelon pledges help building water system in area of radioactive spill
> > (AP)
> >
> >
> > GODLEY, Ill. An Exelon official says the company will help finance
> > construction of a public water system in the Will County village of
> > Godley, where radioactive tritium (TRIHT'-ee-um) was spilled several
> > years ago.
> >
> > The Godley Park District found elevated levels of tritium in a shallow
> > well in 2002.
> >
> > Exelon vice president Thomas O'Neill said yesterday that the
> > Chicago-based company would help build a new water system in Godley by
> > funding whatever costs aren't covered by federal, state or local
> > government.
> >
> > He says there's no evidence of tritium contamination in Godley wells.
> > But the company wants to help finance the project as an act of goodwill.
> >
> > Exelon has come under fire recently over the release of wastewater
> > containing tritium at its Braidwood, Dresden and Byron plants.
> >
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