AW: [ RadSafe ] Martin Tondel´s thesis - Sweden and Chernobyl

[Franz Schönhofer]

Ed,

Martin Tondel has violated many rules for sound research. I intend to
comment on it on RADSAFE, but I am not sure, whether my comments on
radioactivity matters will be forwarded to the list. 

The contamination of the northern parts of Scandinavia by the former Soviet
Unions nuclear tests (the US ones had hardly any influence in this area!)
has been extensively monitored. Contamination of the environment and food
has been well documented, whole body monitoring was done both in Sweden and
in Finland - probably also in Norway, but I have no information about
Norway.

This has been researched since many decades, the results are known. The
reindeer herders were especially monitored. The additional dose added by the
Chernobyl accident is very well known, because of an extensive measurement
programme conducted in both countries. 

Roughly speaking the contamination from the Chernobyl accident was not only
extremely localized, but it was approximately 10% of the radioactive fallout
contamination of the late fifties and early sixties of last century. Martin
Tondels claims are therefore almost ridiculous.  

In case you really are interested in the results, please consult the
home-pages of both SSI (Sweden) and STUK (Finland), though most of the
contributions are in Swedish and Finnish, you might find English papers and
links to English ones.

Best regards,

Franz

Franz Schoenhofer, PhD
MinRat i.R.
Habicherg. 31/7
A-1160 Wien/Vienna
AUSTRIA


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] Im Auftrag
von edmond0033
Gesendet: Montag, 04. Juni 2007 19:39
An: Lars Persson; Radsafe Message
Betreff: Re: [ RadSafe ] Martin Tondel´s thesis - Sweden and Chernobyl

I  hate to disillusion the author of the Swedish Study, but during the 
fallout from the aboveground testing by the USA and the former Soviet Union,

large amounts of Cesium-137 was deposited in the northern latitudes.  The 
ground vegetation (lichen, etc.) was found to to contain large amounts of 
Cesium-137.  Consequently, the animals grazing on them would have takenup 
the Cesiun-137.  To this day reindeer, etc. would have eaten the vegetaion 
and the uptake of Cesium-137 would still be substantial.  How much the 
Chernobyl incident would have added could have been determined much earlier,

if the Cesium-134 content was known.

Ed Baraatta

edmond0033 at comcast.net


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From: "Lars Persson" <lars.ingeman at telia.com>
To: "Radsafe Message" <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 9:07 AM
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Martin Tondel´s thesis - Sweden and Chernobyl


> For information.
> Swedish Radiation Institute - SSI - has not accepted his conclusions.
> Lars Persson
> Slånbärsv 11A
> 19334 Sigtuna
> 08-568 219 26
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> 0708-297100
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