[ RadSafe ] " Technology to detect radiation has progressed "

[ROGERS, Brent]

Steven

If a crackpot/terrorist with a strange combination of dislikes (abortion
clinics and lesbians) is willing to blow up a bag of nails at an event
related to neither of these activities, the Atlanta Olympics...  It's not a
far stretch to think something similar involving radioactive material might
occur at the Little League World Series.  That foolishness occurred 5 years
before 9/11.

If you were responsible for safety and security of Williamsport, would you
be willing not to be prepared for that contingency?

Brent Rogers
Leader Commercial Radiation Safety Group
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
PMB 1, Menai NSW 2234
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-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Dapra [mailto:sjd at swcp.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 21 August 2007 11:40 AM
To: Brian Rees; radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] " Technology to detect radiation has progressed "

Aug. 20

         I may (or may not) be willing to concede a small amount on this
one.

         A little more to the point, why are people being screened when 
they are going to a Little League World Series game?  Is the post-Sept. 11 
paraonia so bad that our ostensible protectors believe terrorists (or 
perhaps run of the mill crackpots) are going to be throwing around 'lethal 
radioactive substances' at a Little League game?  Does anything think this 
may be getting a little out of hand?  And if not, what *does* constitute 
getting out of hand?

Steven Dapra


At 10:14 AM 8/20/07 -0600, Brian Rees wrote:
>Actually, I have been involved in personnel detections, and the people who 
>ask the questions are polite and understanding and professional when 
>they've been trained well, which is usually the case.  In addition, many 
>people (I know this isn't ALWAYS the case!) are aware that they are 
>slightly radioactive and may trigger detectors and be questioned.  Many of 
>the people (patients) I've talked to are understanding, and in many cases 
>pleased to see that there really are people doing this work.
>
>My own personal opinion and experience only...
>Brian Rees
>
>
>At 08:32 PM 8/19/2007, you wrote:
>>Aug. 18
>>
>>         I should think this would be intimidating.  Youi're trying to 
>> watch a baseball game and all of a sudden a bunch of gorillas packing 
>> heat are standing over you asking  nosy personal question.  In this age 
>> of post-Sept. 11 paranoia I doubt that the interrogators were very 
>> congenial.  I wonder if any of them have wives?
>>
>>Steven Dapra
>>sjd at swcp.com
>>
>>
>>
>>At 07:58 PM 8/19/07 -0400, Jaro wrote:
>>>Aviation Week & Space Technology
>>>08/20/2007, page 26
>>>Technology to detect radiation has progressed, says Army Lt. Gen. William
>>>Webster, deputy commander of the U.S. Northern Command. During the most
>>>recent Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa., detectors picked
up
>>>radiation from a fan entering the premises and handheld detectors guided
>>>officials to the fan's location. Upon questioning the fan, officials
>>>discovered she recently underwent radiation therapy for breast cancer and
>>>was still carrying residual amounts of the substance.



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