Re: Caldicott fear-mongering

[Jim Muckerheide <jmuckerheide@delphi.com>]

Hmmm. It seems to me that if we knew how to respond to Caldecott the
Brookhaven reactor might not be shut down. Brookhaven and the rad
protectionists buying "any radiation must be controlled - just send $$" are
the worst enemy, not Caldecott. She just effectively uses our
funding-justification pronouncements, and promises of 'perfection' in
controlling wisps of radiation, against us  :-)

(ANSTO is not EXcluded :-)

Regards, Jim
muckerheide@mediaone.net
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Allan MURRAY wrote:
> 
> I've just re-joined the radsafe list to alert you all to the following
> opinion article in the Sydney Morning Herald of 2 March by Helen Caldicott
> 
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/0003/02/text/features7.html on "Why Sydney should
> be worried about Lucas Heights" .
> 
> The 10 MW HIFAR reactor at Lucas Heights south of Sydney is utilised for
> Mo-99/Tc-99m production and neutron beam R&D.  It  is to be replaced  with a
> modern 20 MW pool reactor in 2005.
> 
> Given Caldicott's connections with the U.S. lobby group STAR ("Standing for
> Truth Against Radiation") and their success in contributing to the closure
> of the Brookhaven research reactor, perhaps radsafers could help to provide
> some facts to counter Caldicott's opinion.
> The paper's e-mail address is www.smh.com.au.
> 
> Allan Murray
> Safety & Licensing
> Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation.
> 
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