"New Yorker" story on Paducah

[William V Lipton <liptonw@dteenergy.com>]

I recommend that RADSAFER's read the story, "Fallout - Paducah's secret
neclear disaster," pp. 30ff, in the January 10, 2000 issue of "The New
Yorker."  The magazine describes the author, Bobbie Ann Mason, as
"...novelist and short-story writer..."  This is an outsider's view of
the facility and its effect on the population.  Although she does not
attempt to understand the technical issues, she seems to accurately
"read" the feelings of the town.

I expect that many RADSAFER's will want to respond with:

 - attacks on the author, i.e. shoot the messenger,

 - abstruse technical arguments, i.e. "if you can't dazzle them with
brilliance ..."

 - other technologies are more dangerous, i.e. comparative body counts.

None of these can change the fact that there is a real problem which
must be addressed.

The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.

Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com


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