[ RadSafe ] Nuclear accident exercise reveals 'fatal flaws'

[Chris Hofmeyr]

Eric,
The question is, what is the spec of a speck? (I couldn't
resist).  I suspect Dr B. subscribes to the one-photon
brigade.
Chris.Hofmeyr at webmail.co.za

On Sat, 6 May 2006 13:44:38 -0500
 "Eric D" <edaxon at satx.rr.com> wrote:
>I read the article and could not really assess how bad the
>exercise was or
>was not but I did find a statement that really says it all
>about the
>standard used to assess risk of the incident and how they
>came up with the
>adjective - deadly.
>
><"Many thousands of people would be put at risk," said Dr
>Frank Barnaby, a
>nuclear physicist who used to work at the Atomic Weapons
>Establishment at
>Aldermaston in Berkshire. "If they get a speck of
>plutonium in their lungs,
>the probability is fatal lung cancer.">
>
>The statement could be parsed to be accurate but the
>message to the
>non-health physicist is clear.  These kinds of statements
>actually increase
>the risk and the harm caused by a real incident.  Many on
>this list have had
>"specks" of plutonium.
>
>Eric Daxon
>
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