re: We are killing nuclear workers!

[PBarring@kdhe.state.ks.us]

Not quite all  ...

-- The workers were told of the risks, but ignored them after a few months
(ask any HONEST smoker if they REALLY thought smoking wasn't going to hurt
them, but didn't care at the time)
-- It was decided that what the workers didn't know wouldn't hurt them.
(normal military policy)
-- "loose lips sink ships"  (also normal military policy)
-- Radiation was NOT the major hazard.  (heavy metal poisoning,
carcinogenic chemicals, etc.)
-- "Hey, we (the politicians) don't have to pay for this!"
-- No tobacco companies to take the blame.

"My opinions, not the State's"

Get government out of space, privatize NASA.

Philip Barringer
fyrestyrm@aol.com




Are all the possible responses from the "nuclear industry/health physics
community," regarding providing adequate radiation protection:

(A) I was only doing what I was told to do (i.e., following Govt.
Regulations).
(B) They were protected, but Clinton lied (But, he claims he never has lied
before).
(C) The mixture of science and politics of the situation are beyond human.
comprehension (I throw my hands up in the air).
(D)  It wasn't my fault, I wasn't there (I wash my hands).
(E) Monetary payment compensates for death and illness (isn't that, what
Clinton is saying).
(F) Don't rock the boat, keep quiet, this too shall pass.
(G) The good of the many outweigh the good of the few. (to quote Spock).
(H) All of the above.
(I) None of the above.

Just my opinion, alone. John P. Hageman, CHP, RSO
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What is the nuclear industry/health physics community response to this as a
failure of "radiation protection," killing (past and future) nuclear
workers
that we told were protected?






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