[ RadSafe ] Wind Farms

[Flanigan, Floyd]

A great percentage of industries have the potential to impact the
environment in a negative manner. Some take the high road and do the
right thing regardless of its impact on their respective bottom lines.
Others take the low road and do anything they can get away with in order
to preserve their profit margin. I find it to be unfortunate that the
Nuclear Industry is such a sought-after target when our environmental
impact is so small when held up next to the majority of other
industries. The concentration seems to be on the extremely remote
possibility of a catastrophic event rather than the constant impact
others have due to day-to-day operation.

Floyd W.Flanigan B.S.Nuc.H.P.
Sr. Analyst

-----Original Message-----
From: John Jacobus [mailto:crispy_bird at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 10:29 AM
To: Flanigan, Floyd; ROY HERREN; efforrer at aol.com; radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] Wind Farms

Well, I grew up in the 1950s and 1960s. Nuclear power
plants were not even planned for.  Or even dreamed of.

What industries are you thinking of?  "In the
nineteenth century, New Jersey cities led the nation
into the Industrial Revolution and . . ."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_New_Jersey 
There were leather tanneries, smelters, oil and
chemical refineries, etc.  You name a hazardous
chemical, we probably made or used it.  The area has a
number of seaports.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Authority_of_New_York_and_New_Jersey#S
eaports
Conviently, the Staten Island dump was close by.
http://www.albany.edu/%7Ejc5547/isp361/final/dump.html

Regarding nuclear we did have the nuclear armed Nike
Hercules missiles stationed in the southern part of
the state. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike-Hercules_Missile


--- "Flanigan, Floyd" <Floyd.Flanigan at nmcco.com>
wrote:

> 
> Was this a Nuclear Power Plant or some other
> industry?
> 
> Floyd W.Flanigan B.S.Nuc.H.P.
> 
> Sr. Analyst
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Jacobus [mailto:crispy_bird at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 11:56 AM
> To: ROY HERREN; Flanigan, Floyd; efforrer at aol.com;
> radsafe at radlab.nl
> Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] Wind Farms
> 
> And the oil, the heavy metals, the chemicals, etc.
> 
> They had a plant that would periodically discharge
> water with a pH of 2-3 into the sewerage system that
> eventually dumped into the harbor.
> 
> --- ROY HERREN <royherren2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 


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-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com

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