Re: Practically workable? (formerly "ALARA What?")

["J. J. Rozental" <joseroze@netvision.net.il>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Cristian Nicolau <cnicolau@nbnet.nb.ca>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: Practically workable? (formerly "ALARA What?")


> Sandy and all:
>
>In poor countries nuclear is not so feared and that is not a result of
> ignorance. Unfortunately, they cannot afford to go nuclear because of
> the high cost of the investition.
>
> A nice spring to all of you,
>
> Cristian

You are totally wrong, I can affirm by experience.
Initally, countries were only afraid of atom bomb; after they were afraid of
atom bomb + reactor, since they imagine that reactor could explode as a atom
bomb. Today we need to include radioactive sources in this context, due so
many
accidents involving injured people and also many of them with tragic
fatalities.
Tragic because the period of victim's suffering until they died or became
invalid.

Jose Julio Rozental
joseroze@netvision.net.il
Israel





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