Re: Major Swedish newspaper: The Chernobyl catastrophe

["Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@hotmail.com>]

> > I am taking the chance of getting an independent opinion about some
> >statements...[on Chernobyl]

>drawing on the lastest responsible opinion, is to cite and quote from >the 
>UNSCEAR report recently sent to this list (I believe) and Prof. 
> >Jaworowski's' Sept 99 article in Physics Today. and his subsequent 
> >interview with BBC.  If you don't have those handy, I or others can >send 
>them to you.

I have access to these other documents. I have been informed that another 
person was in touch with the newspaper ("DN") and the response from them was 
that they don't believe authorities like the ones you mention because they 
are part of the nuclear mafia/establishment (according to DN this also 
includes the Swedish Radiation Protection Institute, SSI which has a link to 
the UNSCEAR text and other information about the Chernobyl accident). The 
other part of the newspaper response is that they don't have to give their 
exact references.

Therefore, I wonder if there are more comments on this - in particular from 
more independent sources (most physics professors are probably considered 
parts of the nuclear establishment). Response articles to DN on topics like 
this from someone considered in bed with nuclear technology will usually not 
be published. Default: first delay and then "this is old stuff and according 
to our expert (=anti-nuke person outside the newspaper) not of interest to 
the readers any longer". If not rejected the article may be distorted by 
snips and headlines followed by a third article by someone anti-everything 
who can use any type of arguments whereafter the discussion is over.

My personal ideas and reflections only,

Bjorn Cedervall  bcradsafers@hotmail.com

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