[ RadSafe ] Citation requested for "How tough is it to build..." C. Bradt

[Steven Dapra]

Feb. 12

Lou:

         Give it up.  Are we all dying of cancer that was caused by 
atmospheric testing?  Is or has anyone?

         Permit me to inform you that uranium (for example) is found 
in other countries than the former Belgian Congo.  It's in the US, in 
New Mexico, near Grants.  Lots of U around Grants.

Steven Dapra


At 11:52 AM 2/12/2011, you wrote:
>Dear Mr. Bradt:
>
>Are you referring to the open atmospheric tests in general, or do you have
>a specific citation for the comment you left below ("thousands of
>radioactive  dispersal devices tested in the atmosphere")?
>Were these devices being tested in specific to gauge their potential for
>the spread of contamination or, as a general outcome of the tests conducted
>between the dates provided?
>
>At what point in specific would "deadly" be an actual reference word used
>to accurately denote a certain level of contamination? Any numbers?
>
>"Too broad to be effective" -- in the atmosphere? What about ground born
>contact (ingestion, inhalation, etc) from fallout deposition, rainout etc...?
>  Was the end game intention of testing to be "effective" at creating a
>health  hazard? Or, am I taking this out of your context. Would you please
>explain?
>
>A "pun"? -- I don't think that DHS is taking this potential danger as a
>pun. Do you actually think so?
>
>"The level of disruption created would be a function of the clean-up levels
>  and disposal
>requirements likely to be imposed by politicians and their  toadies, not by
>the actual health hazards posed."
>
>Do "politicians and their toadies" include all regulators and employees of
>the aforementioned within a political system such as say: state level
>"health" and or "environmental" departments and their employees? Or, 
>is there
>some sort of a segregation that I'm not aware of?  ;)

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>  And, since  these are not natural materials to the planet at all except
>perhaps in the  previous Belgian Congo, is this a good thing in your mind?
>
>Any clarification(s) as an employee of NYS DoH would be greatly
>appreciated.
>==
>
>lou  ricciuti,
>researcher, author,
>Niagara Falls - Lewiston - Porter, New  York,
>* "Los Alamos East"