Re: No, We're not (definition of nuclear)

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

>and my 34 years of health physics experience, it is my belief no worker in 
>any nuclear facility in the United States, past or present, has ever been 
>killed, injured, or seriously inconvenienced by radiation except as a 
>direct result of an accident at the facility.
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Semantics: This may depend on the definition of "nuclear facility" (some 
people may think that for instance the production and industrial use of 
radium fall under this head) and "accident" (what were the dial painting 
events if not accidents?). I don't mean to join hysteria - the exact wording 
may however be important to avoid misinterpretations. The key word seems to 
be "nuclear" - to me nuclear is much more than NPPs and atom bombs.

OK - my personal comment only,

Bjorn Cedervall   bcradsafers@hotmail.com

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