[ RadSafe ] CIA endangers NUMEC toxic waste cleanup

[Bernard L. Cohen]

It is my understanding that the Israeli nuclear bombs are fueled by 
plutonium produced in their Dimona reactor, not by enriched uranium as 
implied in this article. There has been a great deal of publicity about 
their plutonium program including a bomb factory below the reactor as 
revealed by a former worker there. Plutonium is a better material for 
bombs.
The radiation hazards from the former Numec plant, including its wastes, 
were the subject of a lengthy court proceeding which I believe has still 
not been settled. From reading the court proceedings, which I did as a 
consultant, the harm to public health has been essentially negligible. 
Note that the article gives no quantitative information on the harm to 
public health,but implies that it is substantial.

On 10/20/2011 10:04 AM, Clayton J Bradt wrote:
> This article is more than a little interesting:
>
> CIA endangers NUMEC toxic waste cleanup
> Americans Pay Dearly to Maintain Israel?s Nuclear Secrets
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> http://original.antiwar.com/smith-grant/2011/10/19/americans-pay-dearly-to-maintain-israels-nuclear-secrets/
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> Clayton J. Bradt
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Bernard L. Cohen
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