RE: Residents Angry After Nuke Release

[Rotman Mark <MRotman@snm.org>]

If I may add my 2 cents worth... I wonder how many residents of neighborhood
surrounding the plant were interviewed before they found the one man
concerned, the man concerned who had children living at home... The one man
who said what the reported wanted to report...  Or was it simply a case of
the one concerned man who happened to be the only one who called the
newspaper to complain.

This is yet another example of the press (and often the regulators) making
public a single instance (the numerator) and failing to report the opinion
of the masses (the denominator).

-M



Mark Rotman
Government Relations
Society of Nuclear Medicine
703-708-9000 ext. 1242
703-708-9777 FAX
mrotman@snm.org
http://www.snm.org



-----Original Message-----
From: Sandy Perle [mailto:sandyfl@earthlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 9:47 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: RE: Residents Angry After Nuke Release 


All individuals within the 10 mile EPZ of all nuclear plants in the 
USA are provided materials regarding the 4 emergency classifications, 
what actions would most likely occur within each classification and 
other pertinent information regarding whom to call, where to get 
information and what actions might be necessary for the populace to 
take. There have been other emergency plan initiations within the 
country, and generally, there is no big deal, or outcry as occurred 
at Indian Point 3. However, we just had the JCO accident, and with 
each subsequent event within the industry, there will be much more 
conservatism required. In time, we might even need an evacuation of 
the local community after each plant re-start! Silly as that may 
sound, who the heck knows!

It will only get worse. It trouble me that we're probably seeing the 
nuclear option in its death watch. The sad part ... the public 
doesn't realize, or they just don't care at the moment, that this 
country, as well as other world countries, do not have the capacity 
or energy mix to replace nuclear generated electricity. When the 
lights go out, they'll know.

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