Re: Sequoyah plant HEU fuel assembly leak

["Jerry Cohen" <jjcohen@prodigy.net>]

Ted.
     Well stated! I share your frustration.


-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Rockwell <tedrock@cpcug.org>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Thursday, December 07, 2000 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: Sequoyah plant HEU fuel assembly leak


>> "Educating people" seems to have failed. Any suggestions?
>
>I disagree.  I think we have effectively conveyed our msg.  America's chief
>nuclear advocate, Energy Secy Richardson, has announced that low-level
>radiation is killing people thru radiation-induced cancers. The Japanese
>government has paid off 6875 members of the public for injury from trivial,
>almost immeasurable, radiation from "the worst nuclear disaster in Japan's
>history."  The Germans and the Swedes are closing out NP because of its
>harmful effects (whatever they may be).  No one is willing to say that
there
>is no scientific basis for such flatly political statements.  ANS won't do
>it.  HPS won't do it. NEI won't do it.  I have not been able to pursuade
any
>nuclear leaders to do so.  People keep telling me "the public won't buy
such
>a statement."  Why should they?  We keep telling them the opposite.
>
>Nobody wants to hear that statement (above) either.
>
>Ted Rockwell
>
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