Office rejects Kakadu radiation fears

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

Office rejects Kakadu radiation fears

The Northern Territory's Office of the Supervising Scientist says  
radiation doses from dust in a southern part of Kakadu National  Park 
are trivial. 

Tailings from the old Rockhole uranium mine have been found in  
deposits beside Gunlom Falls Road. 

The office's Alex Zapantis says tourists and even regular  travellers 
along the road have no reason to fear inhaling deadly  doses of 
radiation. 

"The radiation hazards associated with those tailings is very, very  
small," he said. 

"I would receive a higher radiation dose flying down to Canberra  
each year due to cosmic radiation than very regular users of that  
road would receive. 

"I'd happily drive down that road with the windows open and my wife  
and three young children in the car." 

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