Re: emergency responders -Reply

[Michael McNaughton <mcnaught@lanl.gov>]

Do you know about the incident at Springfield, Ma, about a decade ago?
Others probably know much more than I do. Briefly, a truck carrying unused
reactor fuel rods caught fire. The fire department formed an exclusion
perimeter and let the truck burn. There was no release of radioactive
material.

mike


Mike McNaughton
email: mcnaught@LANL.gov or mcnaughton@LANL.gov
phone: (505)667-6130
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