[ RadSafe ] Spill

[Steven Dapra]

Sept. 6

         My guess is that the reporter wants to get as many people as 
possible into a panic about "deadly radioactive stuff" lying all over the 
road.  When you're busy instigating a panic who has time to worry about one 
specific human being?

         Let us give the reporter credit, though, for asking a CHP and not 
someone from Greenpeace, or ------ well, you get the point, I need not 
mention any more names.

         It may not be too much of a spill.  I just looked at MSNBC (6:00 
p.m. MDT) and there were no links to this event.

Steven Dapra



At 10:33 AM 9/5/07 -0700, Mercado, Don wrote:

>Good day all,
>
>There is a radioactive material spill incident ongoing near Pittsburg,
>CA. A courier carrying radiopharmacuticals in a pickup overturned and
>spilled the materials onto the road. Emergency responders are on scene
>in Tyvec with Geiger counters. I heard it on KCBS. The show host asked
>the CHP many questions about the radioactive material, but didn't ask
>about the health of the driver. Go figure.
>
>Donald P. Mercado
>
>Radiation Safety Officer
>Explosives Safety Officer
>Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
>O/9K-2S, B/157
>1111 Lockheed Martin Way
>Sunnyvale, CA 94089
>Ph. (408) 742-0759
>Fx. (408) 756-0504
>Don.Mercado at lmco.com