Re: Radionuclides in Groundwater

["Henry Wood" <thenry@viperlink.net>]

I think it is simply fundamentally the right thing to do.  Heck, IMO it is
better to spend money on that than to subsidize insurance for people to
build ocean-front homes.

Several possible reasons I could quickly think of (I like 3 and 4 the best):
(1) Because it is of the utmost import that our government provide for and
protect the health of the populace.
(2) Because the potential health risk are real in these cases.
(3) Because it is less expensive to drill a new well than to pay the
life-long health care costs for children unknowingly exposed.
(4) Because use of such groundwater may cause unintended radiological hot
spots of soil contamination, if said water is used for (lawn) irrigation
purposes.
(5) Because the federal government has documented (most?) uranium-rich areas
across the country and maybe knew ingestion of GW from uranium-rich
formations could be harmful??
(6) Because most States do not require even a one-time well testing for
radionuclides and thereby afford different protection under the law for
people with wells versus people on water systems.
(6) Because the GW was contaminated 200-300 years ago when the State was
formed and therefore could be viewed as the  at least somewhat the States
responsibility.

Regards



>
> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 09:34:25 -0800
> From: Ted de Castro <tdc@xrayted.com>
> To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> Subject: Re: Radionuclides in Groundwater
> Message-ID: <3A76FB21.E88B964C@xrayted.com>
>
> And why should the government provide this?
>
> Henry Wood wrote:
> >
> > legal question to follow up previous groundwater radionuclide post-
> >
> > In cases where wells of private landowners have unusually high U/Ra
levels
> > (but naturally occurring levels) can any federal or state agency provide
> > financial assistance to the landowner to obtain a new well?  What about
rad
> > surveys of the residence and yard (if gw was used for yard/garden
> > irrigation)?   In states where there are known zones of Uranium-rich
ore,
> > have any public awareness activities taken place to let individuals know
> > they should test their water specifically for radionuclides?  Just
curious
> > what has happened in other States besides my own.
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Henry
> >
> > Thomas Henry Wood
> > Blue Ridge Environmental Consulting, Inc.
> > 600 Highway 25 North
> > Travelers Rest, SC  29690
> > 864-834-5513
> > thenry@viperlink.net
> >
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> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 09:36:50 -0800
> From: "Taylor, Douglas B" <Dbtaylor@TheITGroup.com>
> To: "'radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu'" <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> Subject: RE: Guidelines for SOP s
> Message-ID: <7BE5BE5FD590D3119EB6009027B0A382023B7864@TORREX4>
>
>    A good guide is avalable from the DOE, DOE-STD-1029-92 Writer's Guide
for
> Technical Procedures.  You can access it on the web through
> www.explorer.doe.gov and search under DOE Standards, or you can try
> accessing it at http://tis.eh.doe.gov/techstandards/standard/appframe.html
>
> Doug Taylor
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sreenivas (Vas) Komanduri [mailto:SKOMANDU@dep.state.nj.us]
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 11:45 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Guidelines for SOP s
>
>
>
> Hi Radsafers:
>
> Can any one point me to websites that provide guidelines
> for writing Standard Operating Procedures?
> Thanks.
>
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