RE: Comments on Rancho Seco Infant Study.

["Neil, David M" <neildm@id.doe.gov>]

Not unless they moved it to Berserkly.  

Here is a Northern California map with coordinates {}
 http://www.sanfranciscoonline.com/bcg/map/Nor_Cal.gif   

Alameda is the island in San Francisco Bay just west of Oakland{D6}.
Hunter's Point is near the blunt point directly across the Bay {C6}.  
MINSY is on the narrow peninsula across the channel (actually the Napa
River) from Vallejo.{E4}
Rancho Seco is near Sacramento. {I3}

Hunter's Point was probably closed when you were in the area.  It was
partially reactivated to allow MINSY to work the CVN-70 and a few other
surface ships that couldn't fit the graving docks at MINSY.  There were no
releases from any activity in the dock - I was there.  So was Greenpeace.
Their antics provided me with some amusement; they made (incorrect)
assumptions about the placement of the reactor(s), and thought the clicking
of their meter (CD surplus) meant that "Radioactivity is escaping!"  I could
hear the audible on their meter and it was indicating background or so; they
were about 8-10 feet from some concrete walls.  We were ordered not to
"interact", but I didn't think pausing on the caisson and snickering was
covered by that. :-)

Dave Neil		neildm@id.doe.gov

Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface.

On Wednesday, April 26, 2000 5:35 PM, D. Kosloff [SMTP:dkosloff@ncweb.com]
wrote:
> 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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