[ RadSafe ] Vermont Yankee leaking tritium --- time to panic(?)
Conklin, Al (DOH)
Al.Conklin at DOH.WA.GOV
Tue Feb 2 17:03:19 CST 2010
I do know of one credible scenario. You could be "exposed" to enough
tritiated water that you could drown. That would be a serious health
consequence.
Al Conklin
Lead Trainer and Health Physicist
Radiological Emergency Preparedness Section
Office of Radiation Protection
Department of Health
office: 360-236-3261
cell: 360-239-1237
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Behalf Of Jerry Cohen
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 11:52 AM
To: edmond0033 at comcast.net; radsafe
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Vermont Yankee leaking tritium --- time to
panic(?)
An almost unique property of Tritium is that it is detectable even in
miniscule quantities. Somehow there is a tendency, particularly among
non-technical people, to equate detectability with hazard.
Paradoxically, tritium, under almost any credible exposure scenario is
essentially innocuous. Can anyone suggest a credible accident sequence
involving tritium that might lead to health consequences worthy of
concern?
Jerry Cohen
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To: dckosloff at firstenergycorp.com
Cc: radsafe at radlab.nl; radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl
Sent: Tue, February 2, 2010 11:02:18 AM
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Vermont Yankee leaking tritium --- time to
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What do we do about K-40?? How about the difference in exposures in
places like Denver?? Places in India and Brazil where they have higher
than normal levels of background? Is this like the Carbon dioxide in
the atmosphere? Must we stop breathing? The more 'intelligent' these
people think they are , the siller the Reports.
Ed Baratta
edmond0033 at comcast.net
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Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 8:54:20 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
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"But in 2005, the National Academy of Sciences concluded after an
exhaustive study that even the tiniest amount of
ionizing radiation increases the risk of cancer."
From the article, the voice of authority as understood by the public.
Of course, the statement, once made was not carried
to its logical conclusions.
Don Kosloff
License Renewal
Oak Harbor Ohio
Steven Dapra
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02/01/2010 08:50 [ RadSafe ] Vermont Yankee
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PM tritium --- time to panic(?)
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100201/ap_on_bi_ge/us_leaking_nuclear_plant
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Steven Dapra
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