Re: Natural and Background radiation

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

Jim,

> Didn't mean to imply it was a "problem."

I was agreeing with you, that there was no problem, and wasn't 
implying that you thought there was a problem. The problem as I see 
it was individuals who stated that there was not enough dosimetry in 
the area to identify the true magnitude of the releases, either from 
effluents or direct radiation. Your comment was true .. with all of 
the TLDs in the area in-place for an emergency situation (as required 
in every locale where there is a nuclear plant), the dosimeters from 
plant staff, and, as you said again, unexposed film .. the data on 
dose mapping is quite extensive. We again have a group attempting to 
make a problem out of a situation where there was no problem. And 
life goes on ...

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