Re: New dosimeter for emergency personnel

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

> "The responder community does 
> not need sophisticated radiation detection equipment," says Los Alamos's 
> Benjamin Warner, "they simply need to know if a radiological situation 
> poses a threat to them." 

Oh really!!  Did this individual ever hear the term "dose 
reconstruction"? Tell this to the Chernobyl or Tokaimura responders, 
and, tho those accountable to define what the actual doses received 
were.

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