[ RadSafe ] nuclear-powered submarine has collided with a Japanesetanker

[Franz Schönhofer]

Dear all,

I read today two Austrian papers. One was on the internet, which did not
mention the incident at all. The other one I read as a paper copy had a
short note on approximately page 17, mentioning that a US submarine had
collided with a Japanese tanker. There was not a single word on the fact
that it was a nuclear-powered submarine. If not even newspapers in Austria,
a country which is fiercly antinuclear, mentions this it seems that this
fact does not play a big role in public perception worldwide.

Best regards,

Franz


2007/1/10, stewart farber <radproject at sbcglobal.net>:
>
> Hello all,
>
> As my original comment indicated [see below], any reference to a disaster
> involving radioactivity with the sub/oil tanker bump reported was completely
> tongue-in-cheek. There was a "smiley face" emoticon after my mention of a
> radioactive oil spill. I can't conceive of any accident involving a
> collision between a sub and a surface vessel that could damage a sub to such
> an extent.
>
> Anyone who knows me appreciates that I enjoy the irony and satire which
> was evident in my post. Let's keep our sense of humor! I wrote initially:
>
> "If the sub and oil tanker really got damaged in a situation like this,
> there might have been a large radioactive oil spill in the Gulf's Straits of
> Hormuz. :-)  Talk about a disaster movie plot. What a cleanup problem.
> Coming soon to a theatre near you."
>
> Maybe I should just write a script for the above disaster movie plot. If
> the "Poseidon Adventure" story line can end up as two Hollywood feature
> films with millions of $ going to the screenwriters, perhaps I'm in the
> wrong field.
>
> Stewart Farber, MS Public Health
> Farber Medical Solutions, LLC
> Broker for Linac, Medical Imaging Equipment, and Radiation Instrumentation
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> email: radproject at sbcglobal.net
>
>
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