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In reference to Bruce Bugg's description of a
December 1991 incident:
Its seems things haven't changed much in
nine years. Whoever it is that trains Hazmat teams consistently does a poor job
explaining the regulatory structure in place to deal with radiological
incidents. To this day, it is still a minor miracle if local responders
(in New York State) think to notify the cognizant state agencies when they
happen upon radioactive materials. There seems to be this mind set:
"We've been trained, we can handle it!"
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Clayton Bradt, CHP <raldrich@nysnet.net> phone: 518/457-1202 Assoc. Radiophysicist fax: 518/485-7406 NYS Dept. of Labor Radiological Health Unit Blg.12, Rm 169 State Office Campus Albany, NY 12240 *********************************************************************** |