[ RadSafe ] Long-lived radionuclides

[Brennan, Mike (DOH)]

I think it largely comes from an "lawyer lie" that you often hear
connected with spent nuclear fuel (a "lawyer lie" is a statement in
which each piece, if parsed out, is true, but the entire statement is
designed to lead someone to believe something the creator of the
statement knows to be false.)  The statement "spent fuel is dangerously
radioactive, and stays radioactive for millions of years" is one that
has been used by anti-nukes for years, and has established a false
connection between long half-life and danger.

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Jerry Cohen
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 8:55 PM
To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Long-lived radionuclides

Could someone please explain why there is such inordinate concern about
the 
 long-live radionuclides such as
 I-129, Pu-239, etc.
It seems to me that if long-lived species are of particular concern, we
should 
be most worried about the toxic stable elements (Pb, Cd, Hg, etc) which
will 
persist forever.
Jerry Cohen




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From: Peter Miller <z3ix at kamprint.com>
To: radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
Sent: Wed, May 25, 2011 11:20:58 AM
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] RadSafe Digest, Vol 639, Issue 1

>
>http://www.shef.ac.uk/mediacentre/2011/radioactive-iodine-japan-tsunami
-earthquake.html
>l
>
> 24 May 2011
> Expert discovers simple method of dealing with harmful radioactive
iodine

How does one separate the I-129 from seawater to heat it in a microwave
oven 
with lead so as to immobilize it as Prof Hyatt's technique prescribes?

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