Re: [Fwd: [DOEWatch] Deadly toll of Chernobyl]

[Rachid Zitouni <azittouni@yahoo.com>]

In the case of Chernobyl accident, the truth is that: 
1. the safety rules were not followed 
2. the reactor design did not match at all the nuclear
safety requirements 
3. the reactors were not licensed nor inspected
regularly as they should have been
4. the reactor operators obviously were either
undertrained or irresponsable (who certified them?)
otherwise they would not have made the mistakes which
paved the way to the terrible accident.
5. At Chernobyl, the authorities were not prepared to
handle this type of accident; if they were, they would
have reduced drastically the number of victims...

etc.. etc..There is so much to say about Chernobyl... 

It is to be kept in mind that in any given industry
(chemical, nuclear, aircrafts,..) if people mess up
with safety rules, chances for accidents to happen and
for people to be injured are certainly higher.

In my opinion, The Chernobyl case is not the example
to use to judge the safety of nuclear power.

I presume technical arguments will not convince you
but there is at least one thing both pro and
anti-nukes can do together: to promote safety culture.

Regards,

Dr. A. Rachid Zitouni, PhD, Health Physicist
Cite Dely Brahim - Bat. 205 A - N° 05
Algiers, ALGERIA
Phone: +213 2 36 65 51
Fax:   +213 2 74 96 38
azittouni@yahoo.com 

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> Hi all,
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> Without starting a big flame war, please, please
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> Can I have some comments from you all as to whether
> you think the 15,000
> killed number
> is reasonable or not, and how some of you can defend
> the much lower
> numbers I've seen in your postings.
> 
> Clearly, I'm an anti-nuke power activist, but I also
> believe in dialogue
> and listening.
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> April, 2000 
> Deadly toll of Chernobyl
> 
> One of Chernobyl's nuclear reactors is still in
> operation
> 
> About 15,000 people were killed and 50,000 left
> handicapped in the emergency 
> clean-up after the Chernobyl nuclear accident,
> according to a group 
> representing those who worked in the relief
> operations. 
> The number of invalids caused by the radiation has
> multiplied twelvefold 
> since 1991, says Viacheslav Grishin, president of
> the Chernobyl League. 
> 
> The Chernobyl plant was the scene of the world's
> worst civilian nuclear 
> accident in April 1986 - when its number four
> reactor exploded, sending a 
> radioactive cloud across much of Europe. 
> 
> 
> Chernobyl toll 
> 30 killed immediately
> 15,000 relief workers killed
> 50,000 relief workers invalid
> 5 million exposed to radiation
> 52,000 fled the area around Chernobyl 
> The exact number of dead has never been given, but
> it is estimated that five 
> million people were exposed to radiation in Ukraine,
> Belarus and Russia. 
> 
> About 30 people were killed immediately and
> thousands were evacuated from the 
> region. 
> 
> Ageing faster 
> 
> Ukraine's Health Ministry estimates that 3.5 million
> people, over a third of 
> them children, have suffered illness as a result of
> the contamination, and 
> the incidence of some cancers is 10 times the
> national average. 
> 
> First Deputy Health Minister Olga Bobylyova said:
> "The health of people 
> affected by the Chernobyl accident is getting worse
> and worse every year. 
> 
> "We are very disturbed by these data." 
> 
> Ms Bobylyova told a news conference that the death
> rate among workers exposed 
> to radiation while cleaning up Chernobyl has been
> rising. 
> 
> She said that the death rate among the "liquidators"
> - as the group is known 
> - was higher than among other people apparently
> because they are ageing 
> faster. 
> 
> Ms Bobylyova said most of the deaths were caused by
> poor blood circulation, 
> cancer, respiratory and digestive diseases and
> traumas. 
> 
> She noted that thyroid cancer cases have increased
> 10 times in Ukraine in 
> general since the accident. 
> 
> One of Chernobyl's four nuclear reactors is still in
> operation. 
>   
> 
> Nuclear Information and Resource Service
> OECD Nuclear Energy Agency: Chernobyl ten years on
> Virtual Nuclear Tourist: Chernobyl
> Chernobyl photographs
> 
> The BBC is not responsible for the content of
> external internet sites
> 
>  
> Links to other Europe stories are at the foot of the
> page. 
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