[ RadSafe ] Nuclear Power vs Coal Power

Sat Dec 6 10:34:30 CST 2014

Way back( late 70s - early 80s) there was an attempt to site a nuclear 
power plant next to a coal fired power plant on the southern shore of Lake 
Michigan (Bailey NPP).  We had to get pre-construction measurements and, 
If I remember correctly, the dose rates at the boundary between the coal 
plant and NPP were already higher than allowed by 40 CFR 190 for the 
Bailey NPP.

So, yeh, coal fired plants emit radioactive material.  This doesn't mean 
the radioactivity level is a big deal, only that we can detect very low 
levels, but as has so often been stated here, the fact that it can be 
detected doesn't mean its inimical to the health and safety of the public.
 - -jmr

John Rich
312-269-3768

From:   Doug Aitken <JAitken at slb.com>
To:     ROY HERREN <royherren2005 at yahoo.com>, "The International Radiation 
Protection (Health Physics) Mailing     List" 
<radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
Date:   12/06/2014 10:17 AM
Subject:        Re: [ RadSafe ] 10 warmest years on record
Sent by:        radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu

Does not a lot of this waste from coal fired power stations contain a 
significant amount of radioactivity? And should it not be treated as 
TENORM?
That would put the cat among the pigeons.....
Regards
Doug

Doug Aitken
Cell phone: 713-562-8585
QHSE Advisor, D&M Operations Support
Schlumberger Technology Corporation
c/o Kathy Trosclair
300 Schlumberger Drive, MD15,
Sugar Land, Texas 77478

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu [
mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of ROY HERREN
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 9:15 PM
To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] 10 warmest years on record

Is there a double standard at work here regarding waste post energy 
production?  What is the coal fired energy industries long term 
plan/solution for the environmentally acceptable disposal of well over a 
century of accumulated waste?  See  ?Thick Orange Gooey Stuff? With 
Arsenic, Lead Found In River Near Duke Energy Power PlantandNew Coal Ash 
Leaks Found at Duke Energy?s Buck Power Plant » EcoWatch
   Roy Herren 

     On Friday, December 5, 2014 6:24 AM, "Sandgren, Peter" 
<Peter.Sandgren at ct.gov> wrote:

 No agenda here - just relaying what has been reported:
http://www.climatecentral.org/gallery/graphics/10-warmest-years-globally
It?s official: 2013 is tied with 2003 as the fourth warmest year for 
Planet Earth since modern record-keeping began more than 130 years ago. 
The mean global temperature rose 1.12°F above the 20th century average. 
That means the 10 warmest years on record have all happened since 1998, 
with 2010 still on top as the warmest of all. The only year in the entire 
20th century that was warmer than 2013, and the only one remaining in the 
top 10, was 1998. This also marks the 37th straight year where the global 
temperature was above the long term average.

(Google News) US, British data show 2014 could be hottest year on record
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/11/27/us-climatechange-heat-idUKKCN0JB1EM20141127

P. SANDGREN
CT DESPP - DEMHS
RAD EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
25 SIGOURNEY ST., HARTFORD, CT

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On 11/24/2014 12:49 PM, JPreisig at aol.com wrote:
> Radsafe,
>
>        See google news --- antarctic sea  ice    .
>
>        Not only is there more Antarctic Ice,  but it is also now 
>thicker,  as determined by underwater robotic vessels.
>
>        So much for global warming????
>
>        Joe Preisig

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