Re: Comments on Rancho Seco Infant Study.

["D. Kosloff" <dkosloff@ncweb.com>]

I agree with your assessment, except that Alameda is between MINSY and the
Ranch.  I didn't remember if any nukes went to Hunter's Point.  My comments
on the nuclear vessels was related to the claim that any effects of
radioactivity in San Francisco could have only come from the Ranch.  I do
not believe there was any effect anywhere at all.

Don Kosloff dkosloff@ncweb.com
2910 Main St, Perry OH 44081

----- Original Message -----
From: Neil, David M <neildm@id.doe.gov>
Subject: RE: Comments on Rancho Seco Infant Study.

> I would be skeptical of the magnitude of contribution from those sources
> (and from Hunter's Point, which had the only graving dock big enough for
the
> Enterprise).  I was directly involved in the survey of the entire shipyard
> area of Mare Island (which gave me a real appreciation of materials
> containing NORM :-D), and of the largest spill  between '84 and '90 (which
> was contained in the reactor compartment bilge, and was 'squeaky clean' in
> spite of technically being primary coolant), and countless routine
surveys.
>
> Secondly, MINSY was roughly 50 miles from Rancho Seco, and Hunters Point
and
> Alameda about 50 more miles past MINSY (maybe a bit less as the seagull
> flies).
>
> Dave Neil neildm@id.doe.gov

> >What the report does not mention is that the Mare Island Naval Shipyard
and
> >the Alameda Naval Air Station were not shut down until after Rancho Seco.
> >Mare Island overhauled nuclear submarines and nuclear powered aircraft
> >carriers regularly visited Alameda.


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