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radsafe-digest Friday, April 6 2001 Volume 01 : Number 027
In this issue:
Re: 10CFR20 mistake?
Tooth Fairy Project's latest news release -Alec Baldwin letter
Re: 10CFR20 mistake?
U.S. Proposes End to Testing for Salmonella in School Beef
51 nuclear reactors in Japan ran at 82% capacity in FY 2000
Job Posting: Medical Health Physicist
I-129 Liquid
FW: U.S. Proposes End to Testing for Salmonella in School Beef -- Nevermind
DOE cleanup to fund tax cut
Re: Thorium in urine
Re: 10CFR20 mistake?
Classic books
Re: Tooth Fairy Project's latest news release -Alec Baldwin letter
Potassium Iodide Anti-Radiation Pill FAQ...
RE: 10CFR20 mistake?
Re: Tooth Fairy Project's latest news release -Alec Baldwin letter
RE: DOE cleanup to fund tax cut
Re: Tooth Fairy Project's latest news release -Alec Baldwin letter
Re: Tooth Fairy Project's latest news release -Alec Baldwin letter
Re: Tooth Fairy Project's latest news release & ... reputable response
Swedish Parliament: Whirled water to straighten out brain imbalance...
Re: Classic books
Re: 10CFR20 mistake?
ORNL/TM-12451
Radon Web Site
Re: Radon Web Site
Swipe materials
Re: Radon Web Site
Classic books - Part 2
Position Announcement
Re: Radon Web Site
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Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 07:13:36 -0700
From: "Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: Re: 10CFR20 mistake?
> 20.2202 (a)(1)(iii) "A shallow-dose equivalent to the skin or extremities
> of 250 rads(2.5 Gy)..."
> Note the units used here for shallow-dose equivalent. It is the same in
> earlier editions of 10CFR20. In (b)(1)(iii) the units are in rems (Sv).
>
> Do you suppose there is a reason behind the difference in units, or is it
> just another governmental boo-boo?
This is not an ewrror. It;s simply a degree of the exposure and the
definition, as defined below:
§20.1004 Units of radiation dose.
(a) Definitions. As used in this part, the units of radiation dose
are:
Gray (Gy) is the SI unit of absorbed dose. One gray is equal to an
absorbed dose of 1 Joule/kilogram (100 rads).
Rad is the special unit of absorbed dose. One rad is equal to an
absorbed dose of 100 ergs/gram or 0.01 joule/kilogram (0.01 gray).
Rem is the special unit of any of the quantities expressed as dose
equivalent. The dose equivalent in rems is equal to the absorbed dose
in rads multiplied by the quality factor (1 rem=0.01 sievert).
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Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 10:41:33 EDT
From: SAFarberMSPH@CS.COM
Subject: Tooth Fairy Project's latest news release -Alec Baldwin letter
Radsafe:
For those of you interested in the claims of the so-called "Radiation and
Public Health Project" and the efforts of Alec Baldwin to raise money in
Florida on behalf of the "Tooth Fairy Project" see the news release below
from "DOEWatch". If you're not interested in this subject simply delete this
post.
Of note there is an 800 phone number for the Tooth Fairy Project to request
info and tooth mailing envelopes. Perhaps some might be interested in
requesting their info packet, and sending them something to test [QA samples
perhaps or some other contributed sample?]. As noted they've tested only 86
teeth from Florida and already Dr. Sternglass is making claims in public
forums that Turkey Point and St. Lucie are a contributor to childhood cancers
in Florida. Remarkable.
Some may recall an earlier post of mine to radsafe about Cs-137 in biomass
wood ash [part of a nationwide survey of Cs-137 in wood ash] from Florida
indicating that Florida has the highest transfer factors for Cs-137 from soil
to plants of any region of the country. Cs-137 in woodash from northern
Florida was measured by germanium gamma spectroscopy to be in excess of
30,000 pCi/kg of wood ash vs. levels of only a few hundred pci/kg ash in
California [100 times lower than FL] with Cs-137 deposition in CA perhaps
one-half to one-third of Florida. Sr-90 level variations in biomass [and
ultimately in people eating local produce] are likely to range over even
wider ranges.
Many of the recent immigrants to Florida are likely to be of Spanish
backgroud coming from Cuba and other parts of the Caribbean which reported
extraordinarily high Cs-137 levels in grass during the peak of fallout in the
1960s due to very low stable potassium levels in local soils. Residual levels
of Cs and Sr in biomass eaten by Caribbean immigrants and FL residents eating
local produce is likely to be significantly higher than other parts of the
US.
Any claims made by the Tooth Fairy Project in regard to Sr-90 in baby teeth
in Florida residents [and elsewhere] are ignoring the wide variations in
transfer of the deposition of Cs-137 and Sr-90 which occured during open air
testing of nuclear weapons. The unsupported, and unscientific, claims of
Sternglass and Baldwin appear to be nothing but propaganda aimed at raising
money from gullible individuals, corporations, and government entities, and
scare tactics aimed at the general public to support their agenda. It's quite
a clever and deceptive campaign.
Stewart Farber
Public Health Sciences
email: SAFarberMSPH@cs.com
======================
Subj: [DOEWatch] NPPs Linked To Increased Childhood Cancers, China Looks
To Expand Nuclear Power
Date: 4/5/01 8:02:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: smirnowb@ix.netcom.com (Bill Smirnow)
To: nukenet@envirolink.org (Nukenet), Nucnews@egroups.com (Nucnews List),
downwinders@egroups.com (Downwinders List), doewatch@yahoogroups.com
(DOE-Watch List), Abolition-Caucus@yahoogroups.com (Abolition-Caucus),
nrdcaction@nrdc.org (NRDC)
RPHP Site: http://www.radiation.org
- - "Concentrations of radioactive Strontium-90 in 86 Dade County baby teeth
tested by RPHP have been rising since the early 1980s. The current level is
equal to that of the late 1950s, when the U.S. and the Soviet Union
conducted large-scale nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere."
Radiation and Public Health Project
Press Release Contact: Jerry Brown, Ph.D., (305) 321-5612
Jay Gould, Ph.D., (212) 496-6787
March 28, 2001 Joseph Mangano, MPH, MBA, (718) 857-9825
Janette Sherman, M.D., (703) 329-8223
RADIATION FROM NUCLEAR REACTORS LINKED TO
INCREASING CHILDHOOD CANCER IN SOUTH FLORIDA
Actor Alec Baldwin sends letters to 10,000 South Florida
families requesting donations of baby teeth to the "Tooth Fairy Project"
Miami, Florida - On March 28 - the 22nd anniversary of the Three Mile
Island nuclear accident -- the Radiation and Public Health Project (RPHP)
released a Special Report on the South Florida Baby Teeth Study:
"Environmental Radiation from Nuclear Reactors and Increasing Children's
Cancer in Southeastern Florida" at a Community Forum on the South Florida
"Tooth Fairy Project" at Florida International University in Miami, Florida
(see Media Advisory for details).
Dr. Ernest Sternglass, RPHP Chief Scientist, and Professor Emeritus of
Radiation Physics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, presented
the Report findings and stated, "This recent evidence suggests that
radioactive chemicals emitted from the Turkey Point and St. Lucie nuclear
power plants are one cause of rising cancer rates in South Florida." The
RPHP Southeastern Florida Report also found that:
- - "From 1970-87, the Turkey Point and St. Lucie nuclear reactors emitted
10.39 trillion picocuries of radioactivity into the air," according to
Brookhaven National Laboratory reports.
- - "Concentrations of radioactive Strontium-90 in 86 Dade County baby teeth
tested by RPHP have been rising since the early 1980s. The current level is
equal to that of the late 1950s, when the U.S. and the Soviet Union
conducted large-scale nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere."
- - "Dade County and other southeastern Florida baby teeth have the highest
levels of radioactive Strontium-90, a known carcinogen, than anywhere in the
U.S. where baby teeth have been studied. In addition, the area also has a
rate of childhood cancer that is considerably higher than the U.S. average."
- - "From the early 1980s to the early 1990s, cancer incidence in
children under 10 rose 35.2% in five southeastern Florida counties, compared
to a 10.8% rise in the U.S. Children are especially sensitive to the
carcinogenic effects of radioactivity. These five counties are: Broward,
Dade, Martin, Palm Beach and St. Lucie."
- - "In Dade County, childhood cancer rises after radioactivity levels in
precipitation rise, and declines after levels drop. This is strong evidence
that exposure to radioactivity is one cause of cancer in southeastern
Florida."
The report recommended that: "Information on the radiation-cancer link
should be considered by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's
environmental review of utility applications to renew and extend the
licenses of aging nuclear power plants in Florida and across the U.S."
Joseph Mangano, National Coordinator, RPHP, also announced that actor Alec
Baldwin is sending letters to 10,000 South Florida families living in Miami-
Dade and St. Lucie counties, asking for donations of baby teeth to the RPHP
"Tooth Fairy Project." The Project hopes to collect and test 1,000 Florida
teeth for levels of Strontium-90, a radioactive chemical and known
carcinogen released into the environment by nuclear weapons testing and the
operation of nuclear power plants. For information and baby teeth mailing
envelopes, people can call RPHP toll free at 800-582-3716, or visit the RPHP
web site at: www.radiation.org.
The Report includes the current findings of the RPHP Baby Teeth Study on
1352 U.S. baby teeth that have been analyzed for levels of radioactive
Strontium-90, including 86 teeth from Miami-Dade County and a total of 121
Florida teeth.
Scientific reports based on the early findings of the RPHP Baby Teeth Study
have been published, in 2000, in several peer-reviewed medical and
environmental journals, including The International Journal of Health
Services, Archives of Environmental Health, European Journal of Oncology,
and Envr. Epidemiology and Toxicology.
RPHP director, Jay Gould, Ph.D. said, "These findings indicate that
Americans continued to absorb radiation for years after all atmospheric
nuclear testing ended in 1980 and the last underground tests occurred in
1992. They suggest that new and additional releases of radioactive
Strontium-90 have been entering the human environment during the 1980s and
1990s, probably coming from nuclear reactors."
RPHP Research Associated, Janette Sherman, M.D., noted, "Investigating a
possible environmental radiation-cancer link is especially urgent given that
Strontium-90 is a known carcinogen and a marker for other shorter-lived
fission products, and simply should not be present at all in our children's
teeth."
The South Florida Baby Teeth Study is supported by grants from Applica,
Inc., a Miami Lakes based manufacturer of home appliances and by the Health
Foundation of South Florida, which was established in 1993 as a
not-for-profit charity, funding medical research, education and primary
health care initiatives. The Foundation has awarded over $37 million in
grants for programs supporting the underserved within the South Florida
community.
Alec Baldwin
Dear Parents:
I am writing you as someone concerned that high cancer rates may be
influenced by radioactive emissions from nuclear power plants.
I became personally involved with this issue after meeting families in Long
Island, New York, whose children had developed and, in some cases, died from
rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer - a cancer whose cause has been
linked to radiation exposure. These families are living at "ground zero" of
America's cancer epidemic. For them, the American dream has become a
nightmare.
One reason behind high cancer rates may be radioactive leaks and releases
from nuclear power reactors. These releases get into the air, drinking
water, and food, and enter the human body (see information on reverse side).
But the U.S. government does not measure just how much radioactivity gets
into the body, or whether it is harmful.
In South Florida, cancer diagnosed in children under five years old went up
42% in the past 15 years, compared to only 8% in the United States.
Emissions from the St. Lucie and Turkey Point nuclear reactors may be behind
this trend.
To document a possible radiation/cancer connection, the Radiation and Public
Health Project (RPHP) needs only one of the baby teeth that your child has
lost. RPHP is collecting baby teeth as part of a national, scientific study
to measure levels of radioactive Strontium-90 in these teeth. So please
help. Every tooth is a clue!
I know that cancer is an overwhelming issue to confront. Yet, we have
already spent $25 billion on a "War on Cancer" without any significant
decline in America's cancer rates. It is only through public education,
supported by solid scientific research, that we will be able to create a
safe environment and healthy future for our children.
Thank you in advance for supporting the "Tooth Fairy Project."
Yours sincerely,
Alec Baldwin
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Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 07:57:26 -0600
From: Michael McNaughton <mcnaught@LANL.GOV>
Subject: Re: 10CFR20 mistake?
At 08:52 AM 4/5/01 -0400, you wrote:
>20.2202 (a)(1)(iii) "A shallow-dose equivalent to the skin or extremities
>of 250 rads(2.5 Gy)..."
>Note the units used here for shallow-dose equivalent. It is the same in
>earlier editions of 10CFR20. In (b)(1)(iii) the units are in rems (Sv).
IMHO, the use of Gy for shallow dose is appropriate but the word
"equivalent" should be omitted.
However, there is an underlying important point as follows.
There is a major ambiguity that I think our profession should clarify:
the Sv might or might not include the tissue-weighting factor!
Of course we know that one is "effective dose equivalent" and the other is
"dose equivalent"!
But these are very different quantities and it is confusing to use the same
units.
Mike McNaughton, Los Alamos, mcnaught@lanl.gov
Mike McNaughton
Los Alamos National Lab.
email: mcnaught@LANL.gov or mcnaughton@LANL.gov
phone: (505)667-6130
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Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 12:14:45 -0400
From: Susan Gawarecki <loc@ICX.NET>
Subject: U.S. Proposes End to Testing for Salmonella in School Beef
U.S. Proposes End to Testing for Salmonella in School Beef
By MARIAN BURROS, New York Times
Full story at http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/05/education/05MEAT.html
The Bush administration has proposed dropping testing for salmonella in
ground beef for the federal school-lunch program and letting schools
serve beef that has been irradiated, a procedure that kills salmonella
and all other harmful bacteria but is mistrusted by many consumers.
The salmonella tests, ordered last June by the Clinton administration,
were met with fierce opposition by the meat industry, which complained
that the tests were burdensome and not scientific. The industry has
since lobbied to scrap them. In those tests, packages of meat were
sampled randomly by the government for salmonella before shipment to
schools.
<snip>
Dr. Clayton said he had no idea how many companies would choose to
irradiate their ground beef. Critics of irradiation say it is the easy
way to sterilize harmful bacteria but does nothing to improve the safety
of the meat processor. It would be up to the schools to notify parents
if they planned to serve irradiated hamburgers.
Irradiation shatters the genetic material of bacteria, killing them.
Scientists say the process leaves no residual radioactivity. The
government began allowing beef to be irradiated a year ago, but
relatively little has been produced, in part because of doubts about
whether most consumers would accept it.
Mishandling of food, even if it has been irradiated or previously tested
as untainted, can introduce harmful bacteria. And improperly handled raw
beef can cross-contaminate raw food with which it comes in contact.
Salmonella causes 1.4 million illnesses and 600 deaths a year, according
to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While testing for
salmonella would be eliminated, the Agriculture Department would
continue its daily testing for E coli 0157H:7, except in products that
had been irradiated.
<snip>
The meat processors have lobbied hard to get rid of the salmonella
testing. Sara Lilygren, a spokeswoman for the American Meat Institute,
said: "The draft proposal appears to be an improvement for consumers
because it allows irradiated ground beef to be purchased, uses generic
e-coli testing to determine whether the product has been produced in a
clean and controlled environment and abandons the old zero tolerance for
salmonella, which had no basis for reducing food-borne illness risk
since it was in a product required to be cooked to 160 degrees but
caused millions of pounds of good meat to be rejected and jacked up the
cost of ground beef."
The salmonella tests added to the cost of ground beef. Irradiation is
expected to do the same, but it is not known by how much.
Until the Clinton administration adopted the science-based
specifications last year, the only safety requirement for school-lunch
ground beef was that it be produced in an Agriculture
Department-certified processing plant.
Those specifications were enacted after a federal judge rebuffed the
department's efforts last summer to close a Texas meat-processing plant
based on random salmonella tests the department had conducted. The plant
supplied as much as 45 percent of the ground beef in the school-lunch
program after it failed salmonella tests three times. But the judge said
the department lacked the authority to use such tests, and ordered that
the plant remain open. It closed later last year, however, after the
department decided to appeal the judge's ruling.
Since the rules became effective, salmonella contamination has dropped
by as much as 50 percent, studies show.
<snip>
- --
.....................................................
Susan L. Gawarecki, Ph.D., Executive Director
Oak Ridge Reservation Local Oversight Committee
-----
A schedule of meetings on DOE issues is posted on our Web site
http://www.local-oversight.org/meetings.html - E-mail loc@icx.net
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Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 07:23:14 -0700
From: "Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: 51 nuclear reactors in Japan ran at 82% capacity in FY 2000
Index:
51 nuclear reactors in Japan ran at 82% capacity in FY 2000
Ukraine Met Demands for $758 Mln in Chernobyl Aid, Paper Says
Environmentalists question Jabiluka's future
Russian navy says no nukes on wrecked Kursk sub
===========================================
51 nuclear reactors in Japan ran at 82% capacity in FY 2000
TOKYO, April 5 (Kyodo) - Fifty-one nuclear reactors in Japan ran at
81.7% capacity in fiscal 2000, the second highest ratio in the annual
survey, the Nuclear and Industry Safety Agency said Thursday.
The average period between safety checks at the 51 was 12.7 months,
the longest on record, it said. The legal maximum is 13 months.
The capacity ratio, up 1.6 percentage points from the previous year,
was the second highest following 84.2% in fiscal 1998. By reactor
type, boiling-water reactors ran at 79.9%, while pressurized-water
ones were at 84.1%.
The agency, which operates under the Economy, Trade and Industry
Ministry, received 26 accident reports in fiscal 2000, which ended
last month, but all were classified as less serious than a ''level
one'' on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
Japan has 52 nuclear reactors. The remaining one is not used
commercially.
- ---------------
Ukraine Met Demands for $758 Mln in Chernobyl Aid, Paper Says
Kiev, April 5 (Bloomberg) -- Ukraine fulfilled all of the conditions
demanded by international lenders for $758 million in aid to build a
new containment building around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant's
damaged reactor, Uriadovyi Kurier reported, citing Deputy Prime
Minister Oleh Dubina.
Ukraine expects that the Group of Seven most industrialized nations
will make a final decision on financing the project at the site of
the world's worst nuclear accident, at their next meeting in Rome,
Dubina said, according to the newspaper.
Earlier this week, Dubina met Jachim Jahnke, vice president of the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, for talks on the
project, the daily reported, citing Ukraine's state news agency
UkrInform.
Ukraine closed the plant in December. The fourth reactor, which
exploded in 1986, is still shrouded in a metal and concrete
containment building, which was hastily built in the first six months
after the explosion and has developed cracks that could eventually
leak radiation.
Ukraine agreed to close Chernobyl in exchange for $2.3 billion in
international aid, of which $1.4 billion would finance construction
of new nuclear reactors in Rivne and Khmelnytskyi to replace
electricity output lost after Chernobyl's shutdown. The EBRD has
promised about $200 million and European Union as much as $600
million.
- -------------
Environmentalists question Jabiluka's future
5 April, 2001, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The Northern
Territory Environment Centre claims the future of the Jabiluka
uranium mine surrounded by Kakadu National Park is in further doubt.
The centre says the Canadian nuclear corporation CAMECO has announced
its 6 per cent stake in the project's operators Energy Resources of
Australia (ERA) is for sale.
The centre's Mark Wakeham says the decision is yet another hurdle for
ERA.
"It's a significant hurdle because Rio Tinto doesn't want to develop
the Jabiluka Mine, they announced that a fortnight ago, they need to
find another stakeholder to develop the mine and one of the most
likely candidates is CAMECO, the other one is Cogema," he said.
"CAMECO have announced they're not interested so it's a considerable
hurdle; it means that there's potentially only one company on the
planet that might be interested in developing Jabiluka."
- --------------
Russian navy says no nukes on wrecked Kursk sub
MOSCOW, April 5 (Reuters) - The Russian navy dismissed on Thursday a
Norwegian media report that the Kursk submarine was carrying nuclear
weapons when it plunged to the sea floor last August, killing all 118
sailors on board.
"I categorically deny this information. From the first day of the
catastrophe we said there were no nuclear weapons on board the atomic
submarine Kursk," Igor Dygalo, aide to the commander of the Russian
navy, told Reuters.
He said the comments about Kursk's payload, made by Russian
politician Grigory Tomchin and aired on Norwegian television this
week, were "linked to his personal analysis and personal fantasy."
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Sandy Perle Tel:(714) 545-0100 / (800) 548-5100
Director, Technical Extension 2306
ICN Worldwide Dosimetry Service Fax:(714) 668-3149
ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc. E-Mail: sandyfl@earthlink.net
ICN Plaza, 3300 Hyland Avenue E-Mail: sperle@icnpharm.com
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Personal Website: http://sandyfl.nukeworker.net
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Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 12:48:33 -0500
From: "Brunette, Jeff J." <Brunette.Jeffrey@MAYO.EDU>
Subject: Job Posting: Medical Health Physicist
I've been asked to post to RADSAFE the job announcement below. Interested
applicants should respond as described in the last paragraph of the
announcement. Please do not respond to RADSAFE or to me.
Jeff Brunette
Radiation Safety
Mayo Clinic
brunette.jeffrey@mayo.edu
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- -------------------------------------------------------------
Job Opening: Medical Health Physicist
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, has an opening for a full time health physicist.
Minimum requirements are a M.S. in Health Physics or Medical Physics.
Certification by ABHP or ABMP is an expectation. If the successful
candidate is not certified; certification must be obtained with reasonable
period of time. A working knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet
analysis is required. The successful candidate will be a self-starter with
the ability to work independently, is accountable, continuously learning,
and will possess effective written and oral communication skills. Duties
include participation in a wide variety of tasks to learn the full spectrum
of medical health physics activities. Specific responsibilities will
include administrative oversight of individual programs as delegated by the
Radiation Safety Officer and development and implementation of radiation
safety programs as needed or required by institutional committees or
regulatory agencies. Salary and benefits are competitive.
Mayo Clinic Rochester, consisting of over 42 buildings and 2 hospitals,
employs nearly 25,000 people including 3000 radiation workers. The
Radiation Safety program encompasses Nuclear Medicine (including PET and
radiopharmaceutical therapy), Radiation Oncology (including a gamma knife,
and high- and low-dose rate brachytherapy), and Radiology (over 250 tubes)
in addition to an active biomedical research.
As a leader in healthcare, Mayo offers an excellent salary and benefits
package, including relocation assistance. A full range of tax deferred
annuities and mutual fund options, as well as a sick child care facility and
a Mayo sponsored activity program that includes discounted vacation travel
plans, and an employee fitness center are also offered. Mayo Clinic is an
AA/EO educator and employer.
Interested applicants should cite Job Posting #01-0001747 when applying for
this position. Fax resumes to 507-284-1443, e-mail resumes to
careers@mayo.edu, or mail your resume before May 1, 2001 to:
Steffany Staska
Department of Human Resources
Ozmun East
Mayo Medical Center
Rochester, MN 55905
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Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 13:52:50 -0400
From: Mark Linsley <mel18@PSU.EDU>
Subject: I-129 Liquid
Hello:
Is anyone out there looking for any I-129 in liquid form?
We have about 20 - 30 microcuries.
The material and shipping are free!
Any takers????????
Mark Linsley
Radiation Protection Office
Penn State University
814-865-3450
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Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 11:22:56 -0700
From: "Dukelow, James S Jr" <jim.dukelow@PNL.GOV>
Subject: FW: U.S. Proposes End to Testing for Salmonella in School Beef -- Nevermind
Yahoo!/Reuters <www.yahoo.com> is reporting today that the Bush Administration
has backed off its trial balloon on elimination of Salmonella testing of
school-lunch beef, while denying that it had ever been a serious administration
proposal.
Best regards.
Jim Dukelow
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, WA
jim.dukelow@pnl.gov
These comments are mine and have not been reviewed and/or approved by my
management or by the U.S. Department of Energy.
- -----Original Message-----
From: Susan Gawarecki [mailto:loc@ICX.NET]
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 9:15 AM
To: RADSAFE
Subject: U.S. Proposes End to Testing for Salmonella in School Beef
U.S. Proposes End to Testing for Salmonella in School Beef
By MARIAN BURROS, New York Times
Full story at http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/05/education/05MEAT.html
The Bush administration has proposed dropping testing for salmonella in
ground beef for the federal school-lunch program and letting schools
serve beef that has been irradiated, a procedure that kills salmonella
and all other harmful bacteria but is mistrusted by many consumers.
The salmonella tests, ordered last June by the Clinton administration,
were met with fierce opposition by the meat industry, which complained
that the tests were burdensome and not scientific. The industry has
since lobbied to scrap them. In those tests, packages of meat were
sampled randomly by the government for salmonella before shipment to
schools.
<snip>
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Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 12:37:54 -0600
From: "Tony Harrison" <laharris@SMTPGATE.DPHE.STATE.CO.US>
Subject: DOE cleanup to fund tax cut
I haven't seen this on Radsafe yet, but forward it for what it's worth.
Tony Harrison
Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment
tony.harrison@state.co.us
Bush Advisor Urges Killing DOE Cleanup Program To Fund Tax Cut
A policy advisor to President Bush recommends that the administration
could
help pay for its $1.6 trillion tax cut by eliminating the Department
of
Energy's (DOE) nuclear waste cleanup program and redesignating the
contaminated sites as wildlife preserves.
A report by the advisor, titled From Waste to Wilderness: Maintaining
Biodiversity on Nuclear-Bomb-Building Sites, argues that the $6
billion
spent each year on DOE's cleanup program is a waste of money and only
represents a boon to local lawmakers in the form of jobs and
subsidies.
"The DOE nuclear-waste-management program is arguably the biggest
boondoggle in all of current pork-barrel spending . The only losers
would
be government officials who administer the present cleanup program,
short-sighted politicians, and local communities that desire
pork-barrel
'nuclear welfare,'" the report says.
The report, to be released next month, is authored by Robert Nelson,
an
economist in the Interior Secretary's office from 1975 through 1993,
and a
member of Bush's environmental transition team. Nelson, a researcher at
the
Competitive Enterprise Institute, says his goal is to gain support for
his
plan amongst legislators and administration officials and have a
hearing on
his proposal.
The report is being released as DOE and administration officials face
increasing criticism from lawmakers and environmentalists over a
proposed
cut to the department's environmental cleanup budget. These advocates
argue
that even flat funding levels would be insufficient to allow numerous
waste
sites, including the Hanford, WA site to meet legally-binding closure
deadlines. Washington state officials are even preparing a lawsuit
against
DOE in anticipation of the agency falling behind schedule at Hanford.
Specifically, the report urges turning the five most-contaminated DOE
sites
- -- Oak Ridge, TN, Savannah River, SC, Rocky Flats, CO, the Idaho
National
Environmental and Engineering Laboratory and Hanford -- into wildlife
refuges, because they are responsible for over 70 percent of cleanup
and
containment costs. "Paradoxically, the presence of radiation danger
and
national security concerns have meant that these very same places
offer
some of the finest and least disturbed plant and animal habitats in
the
United States," the report says.
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Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 14:42:37 EDT
From: BLHamrick@AOL.COM
Subject: Re: Thorium in urine
Just want to thank everyone for their responses on this issue. I have the
information I need, and plenty to chew on. Thanks again.
Barbara L. Hamrick
BLHamrick@aol.com
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Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 14:46:54 -0400
From: Jack Couch <jgcouc@PLANETX.BLOOMU.EDU>
Subject: Re: 10CFR20 mistake?
At 07:13 AM 4/5/01 -0700, Sandy Perle wrote:
___Jack Couch___
>> 20.2202 (a)(1)(iii) "A shallow-dose equivalent to the skin or extremities
>> of 250 rads(2.5 Gy)..."
>> Note the units used here for shallow-dose equivalent. It is the same in
>> earlier editions of 10CFR20. In (b)(1)(iii) the units are in rems (Sv).
>>
>> Do you suppose there is a reason behind the difference in units, or is it
>> just another governmental boo-boo?
>
___Sandy Perle___
>This is not an ewrror. It;s simply a degree of the exposure and the
>definition, as defined below:
>
>§20.1004 Units of radiation dose.
>(a) Definitions. As used in this part, the units of radiation dose
>are:
>Gray (Gy) is the SI unit of absorbed dose. One gray is equal to an
>absorbed dose of 1 Joule/kilogram (100 rads).
>Rad is the special unit of absorbed dose. One rad is equal to an
>absorbed dose of 100 ergs/gram or 0.01 joule/kilogram (0.01 gray).
>Rem is the special unit of any of the quantities expressed as dose
>equivalent. The dose equivalent in rems is equal to the absorbed dose
>in rads multiplied by the quality factor (1 rem=0.01 sievert).
>
___Jack Couch___
Sandy, that's exactly my point. To reiterate, 20.2202 (a)(1)(iii) expresses
(shallow) dose equivalent, not in SV and rem, but in Gy and rad. Later, in
20.2202 (b)(1)(iii) (shallow) dose equivalent is given correctly in Sv and
rem.
regards,
Jack
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Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 14:01:20 -0500
From: gerald.lahti@EXELONCORP.COM
Subject: Classic books
Radsafers, I'm moving and need to get rid of a few things. I have a number
of classic texts which I think are too good to throw out. Is anybody
interested in purchasing these? Or can anybody offer a worthy home for
donation purposes? Unfortunately, shipping heavy stuff like books gets to
be more costly than the worth of the books, so a contact in the Chicago area
would work out best.
Incidentally, I tried the American Nuclear Society, and they have no
interest, or could not provide a reference for donations.
Here's the first five with more to come later if this volume reduction
program (pun intended) is successful. Note for you nuclear history junkies,
these include vintage Charts of the Nuclides.
1. Glasstone & Edlund, Elements of Nuclear Reactor Theory, Van Nostrand,
1952
2. Glasstone & Sesonske, Nuclear Reactor Engineering, Van Nostrand, 1955,
1967
3. Stephenson, Introduction to Nuclear Engineering, McGraw-Hill, 1958
4. Meghreblian & Holmes, Reactor Analysis, McGraw-Hill, 1960
5. USAEC, Reactor Handbook - Physics, 1995
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jerry Lahti
Exelon - Nuclear
1400 Opus Place, Suite 400
Downers Grove, IL 60515
Phone - 630.663.6659
Fax: - 630.663.7199
Email - gerald.lahti@exeloncorp.com
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Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 15:09:32 -0400
From: "Carl Paperiello" <CJP1@NRC.GOV>
Subject: Re: Tooth Fairy Project's latest news release -Alec Baldwin letter
No full report only exec. summary?
>>> <SAFarberMSPH@CS.COM> 4/5/2001 10:41:33 AM >>>
Radsafe:
For those of you interested in the claims of the so-called "Radiation and
Public Health Project" and the efforts of Alec Baldwin to raise money in
Florida on behalf of the "Tooth Fairy Project" see the news release below
from "DOEWatch". If you're not interested in this subject simply delete this
post.
Of note there is an 800 phone number for the Tooth Fairy Project to request
info and tooth mailing envelopes. Perhaps some might be interested in
requesting their info packet, and sending them something to test [QA samples
perhaps or some other contributed sample?]. As noted they've tested only 86
teeth from Florida and already Dr. Sternglass is making claims in public
forums that Turkey Point and St. Lucie are a contributor to childhood cancers
in Florida. Remarkable.
Some may recall an earlier post of mine to radsafe about Cs-137 in biomass
wood ash [part of a nationwide survey of Cs-137 in wood ash] from Florida
indicating that Florida has the highest transfer factors for Cs-137 from soil
to plants of any region of the country. Cs-137 in woodash from northern
Florida was measured by germanium gamma spectroscopy to be in excess of
30,000 pCi/kg of wood ash vs. levels of only a few hundred pci/kg ash in
California [100 times lower than FL] with Cs-137 deposition in CA perhaps
one-half to one-third of Florida. Sr-90 level variations in biomass [and
ultimately in people eating local produce] are likely to range over even
wider ranges.
Many of the recent immigrants to Florida are likely to be of Spanish
backgroud coming from Cuba and other parts of the Caribbean which reported
extraordinarily high Cs-137 levels in grass during the peak of fallout in the
1960s due to very low stable potassium levels in local soils. Residual levels
of Cs and Sr in biomass eaten by Caribbean immigrants and FL residents eating
local produce is likely to be significantly higher than other parts of the
US.
Any claims made by the Tooth Fairy Project in regard to Sr-90 in baby teeth
in Florida residents [and elsewhere] are ignoring the wide variations in
transfer of the deposition of Cs-137 and Sr-90 which occured during open air
testing of nuclear weapons. The unsupported, and unscientific, claims of
Sternglass and Baldwin appear to be nothing but propaganda aimed at raising
money from gullible individuals, corporations, and government entities, and
scare tactics aimed at the general public to support their agenda. It's quite
a clever and deceptive campaign.
Stewart Farber
Public Health Sciences
email: SAFarberMSPH@cs.com
======================
Subj: [DOEWatch] NPPs Linked To Increased Childhood Cancers, China Looks
To Expand Nuclear Power
Date: 4/5/01 8:02:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: smirnowb@ix.netcom.com (Bill Smirnow)
To: nukenet@envirolink.org (Nukenet), Nucnews@egroups.com (Nucnews List),
downwinders@egroups.com (Downwinders List), doewatch@yahoogroups.com
(DOE-Watch List), Abolition-Caucus@yahoogroups.com (Abolition-Caucus),
nrdcaction@nrdc.org (NRDC)
RPHP Site: http://www.radiation.org
- - "Concentrations of radioactive Strontium-90 in 86 Dade County baby teeth
tested by RPHP have been rising since the early 1980s. The current level is
equal to that of the late 1950s, when the U.S. and the Soviet Union
conducted large-scale nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere."
Radiation and Public Health Project
Press Release Contact: Jerry Brown, Ph.D., (305) 321-5612
Jay Gould, Ph.D., (212) 496-6787
March 28, 2001 Joseph Mangano, MPH, MBA, (718) 857-9825
Janette Sherman, M.D., (703) 329-8223
RADIATION FROM NUCLEAR REACTORS LINKED TO
INCREASING CHILDHOOD CANCER IN SOUTH FLORIDA
Actor Alec Baldwin sends letters to 10,000 South Florida
families requesting donations of baby teeth to the "Tooth Fairy Project"
Miami, Florida - On March 28 - the 22nd anniversary of the Three Mile
Island nuclear accident -- the Radiation and Public Health Project (RPHP)
released a Special Report on the South Florida Baby Teeth Study:
"Environmental Radiation from Nuclear Reactors and Increasing Children's
Cancer in Southeastern Florida" at a Community Forum on the South Florida
"Tooth Fairy Project" at Florida International University in Miami, Florida
(see Media Advisory for details).
Dr. Ernest Sternglass, RPHP Chief Scientist, and Professor Emeritus of
Radiation Physics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, presented
the Report findings and stated, "This recent evidence suggests that
radioactive chemicals emitted from the Turkey Point and St. Lucie nuclear
power plants are one cause of rising cancer rates in South Florida." The
RPHP Southeastern Florida Report also found that:
- - "From 1970-87, the Turkey Point and St. Lucie nuclear reactors emitted
10.39 trillion picocuries of radioactivity into the air," according to
Brookhaven National Laboratory reports.
- - "Concentrations of radioactive Strontium-90 in 86 Dade County baby teeth
tested by RPHP have been rising since the early 1980s. The current level is
equal to that of the late 1950s, when the U.S. and the Soviet Union
conducted large-scale nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere."
- - "Dade County and other southeastern Florida baby teeth have the highest
levels of radioactive Strontium-90, a known carcinogen, than anywhere in the
U.S. where baby teeth have been studied. In addition, the area also has a
rate of childhood cancer that is considerably higher than the U.S. average."
- - "From the early 1980s to the early 1990s, cancer incidence in
children under 10 rose 35.2% in five southeastern Florida counties, compared
to a 10.8% rise in the U.S. Children are especially sensitive to the
carcinogenic effects of radioactivity. These five counties are: Broward,
Dade, Martin, Palm Beach and St. Lucie."
- - "In Dade County, childhood cancer rises after radioactivity levels in
precipitation rise, and declines after levels drop. This is strong evidence
that exposure to radioactivity is one cause of cancer in southeastern
Florida."
The report recommended that: "Information on the radiation-cancer link
should be considered by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's
environmental review of utility applications to renew and extend the
licenses of aging nuclear power plants in Florida and across the U.S."
Joseph Mangano, National Coordinator, RPHP, also announced that actor Alec
Baldwin is sending letters to 10,000 South Florida families living in Miami-
Dade and St. Lucie counties, asking for donations of baby teeth to the RPHP
"Tooth Fairy Project." The Project hopes to collect and test 1,000 Florida
teeth for levels of Strontium-90, a radioactive chemical and known
carcinogen released into the environment by nuclear weapons testing and the
operation of nuclear power plants. For information and baby teeth mailing
envelopes, people can call RPHP toll free at 800-582-3716, or visit the RPHP
web site at: www.radiation.org.
The Report includes the current findings of the RPHP Baby Teeth Study on
1352 U.S. baby teeth that have been analyzed for levels of radioactive
Strontium-90, including 86 teeth from Miami-Dade County and a total of 121
Florida teeth.
Scientific reports based on the early findings of the RPHP Baby Teeth Study
have been published, in 2000, in several peer-reviewed medical and
environmental journals, including The International Journal of Health
Services, Archives of Environmental Health, European Journal of Oncology,
and Envr. Epidemiology and Toxicology.
RPHP director, Jay Gould, Ph.D. said, "These findings indicate that
Americans continued to absorb radiation for years after all atmospheric
nuclear testing ended in 1980 and the last underground tests occurred in
1992. They suggest that new and additional releases of radioactive
Strontium-90 have been entering the human environment during the 1980s and
1990s, probably coming from nuclear reactors."
RPHP Research Associated, Janette Sherman, M.D., noted, "Investigating a
possible environmental radiation-cancer link is especially urgent given that
Strontium-90 is a known carcinogen and a marker for other shorter-lived
fission products, and simply should not be present at all in our children's
teeth."
The South Florida Baby Teeth Study is supported by grants from Applica,
Inc., a Miami Lakes based manufacturer of home appliances and by the Health
Foundation of South Florida, which was established in 1993 as a
not-for-profit charity, funding medical research, education and primary
health care initiatives. The Foundation has awarded over $37 million in
grants for programs supporting the underserved within the South Florida
community.
Alec Baldwin
Dear Parents:
I am writing you as someone concerned that high cancer rates may be
influenced by radioactive emissions from nuclear power plants.
I became personally involved with this issue after meeting families in Long
Island, New York, whose children had developed and, in some cases, died from
rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer - a cancer whose cause has been
linked to radiation exposure. These families are living at "ground zero" of
America's cancer epidemic. For them, the American dream has become a
nightmare.
One reason behind high cancer rates may be radioactive leaks and releases
from nuclear power reactors. These releases get into the air, drinking
water, and food, and enter the human body (see information on reverse side).
But the U.S. government does not measure just how much radioactivity gets
into the body, or whether it is harmful.
In South Florida, cancer diagnosed in children under five years old went up
42% in the past 15 years, compared to only 8% in the United States.
Emissions from the St. Lucie and Turkey Point nuclear reactors may be behind
this trend.
To document a possible radiation/cancer connection, the Radiation and Public
Health Project (RPHP) needs only one of the baby teeth that your child has
lost. RPHP is collecting baby teeth as part of a national, scientific study
to measure levels of radioactive Strontium-90 in these teeth. So please
help. Every tooth is a clue!
I know that cancer is an overwhelming issue to confront. Yet, we have
already spent $25 billion on a "War on Cancer" without any significant
decline in America's cancer rates. It is only through public education,
supported by solid scientific research, that we will be able to create a
safe environment and healthy future for our children.
Thank you in advance for supporting the "Tooth Fairy Project."
Yours sincerely,
Alec Baldwin
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Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 14:19:02 -0500
From: Shane Connor <shanec@gvtc.com>
Subject: Potassium Iodide Anti-Radiation Pill FAQ...
Radsafers,
Over 18 months ago I began work on the Potassium Iodide
Anti-Radiation Pill FAQ and, shortly after going on-line with it,
had invited members of this list to critique it and offer any
suggestions they might have. The response then was generous
and many of your suggestions resulted in a more accurate
presentation of this topic for the general public.
Since that time (Oct. 1999) the FAQ has grown substantially,
both in content and in traffic with 800 -1,600 unique visitors daily.
about.com says it is now the: "In-depth, detailed site totally dedicated
to the Potassium Iodide issue. THE central resource on the topic."
I'm writing Radsafers now to again invite both your review of the
expanded FAQ and your comments/suggestions wherever you find
it to be lacking or in need of clarification. (Also, I appreciate being
pointed to any additional related resources, too.)
I'm always eager to fine-tune the FAQ wherever needed and look
forward to, and greatly appreciate, your candid critique.
Responses can be directed to me at mailto:webmaster@ki4u.com
and the Potassium Iodide Anti-Radiation Pill FAQ can be seen here...
http://www.ki4u.com/
Thank you,
Shane Connor
webmaster@ki4u.com
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Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 15:34:12 -0500
From: david.nestle@EXELONCORP.COM
Subject: RE: 10CFR20 mistake?
I had to pull out my old dosimetry notes here, but I did find where we were
taught that Quality Factors, and thus dose equivalents, were not valid "for
accidents (above 15 rem)". Given the difference in the dose and dose
equivalent values provided in the referenced sections (250 rads in
20.2202(a)(1)(iii); 50 rems in 20.2202(b)(1)(iii)), it may be that the NRC
is applying similar logic, but at a higher threshold.
______________________________________________________________
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Couch [SMTP:jgcouc@PLANETX.BLOOMU.EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 1:47 PM
> To: Sandy Perle
> Cc: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> Subject: Re: 10CFR20 mistake?
>
> At 07:13 AM 4/5/01 -0700, Sandy Perle wrote:
>
> ___Jack Couch___
> >> 20.2202 (a)(1)(iii) "A shallow-dose equivalent to the skin or
> extremities
> >> of 250 rads(2.5 Gy)..."
> >> Note the units used here for shallow-dose equivalent. It is the same in
> >> earlier editions of 10CFR20. In (b)(1)(iii) the units are in rems (Sv).
>
> >>
> >> Do you suppose there is a reason behind the difference in units, or is
> it
> >> just another governmental boo-boo?
> >
> ___Sandy Perle___
> >This is not an ewrror. It;s simply a degree of the exposure and the
> >definition, as defined below:
> >
> >§20.1004 Units of radiation dose.
> >(a) Definitions. As used in this part, the units of radiation dose
> >are:
> >Gray (Gy) is the SI unit of absorbed dose. One gray is equal to an
> >absorbed dose of 1 Joule/kilogram (100 rads).
> >Rad is the special unit of absorbed dose. One rad is equal to an
> >absorbed dose of 100 ergs/gram or 0.01 joule/kilogram (0.01 gray).
> >Rem is the special unit of any of the quantities expressed as dose
> >equivalent. The dose equivalent in rems is equal to the absorbed dose
> >in rads multiplied by the quality factor (1 rem=0.01 sievert).
> >
> ___Jack Couch___
> Sandy, that's exactly my point. To reiterate, 20.2202 (a)(1)(iii)
> expresses
> (shallow) dose equivalent, not in SV and rem, but in Gy and rad. Later, in
> 20.2202 (b)(1)(iii) (shallow) dose equivalent is given correctly in Sv and
> rem.
>
> regards,
> Jack
>
>
>
>
>
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Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 13:43:48 -0700
From: "Otto G. Raabe" <ograabe@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Tooth Fairy Project's latest news release -Alec Baldwin letter
April 5, 2001
Davis, CA
The Tooth Fairy Project proponents have said,
"Concentrations of radioactive Strontium-90 in 86 Dade County baby teeth
tested by RPHP have been rising since the early 1980s. The current level is
equal to that of the late 1950s, when the U.S. and the Soviet Union
conducted large-scale nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere."
As I have previously pointed out, the levels they are finding are much less
than the levels in teeth in 1964 when fallout peaked. The 1950's are not a
reasonable comparison point. What they are finding is much lower than the
decay corrected levels of 1964.
Otto
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Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 15:54:19 -0600
From: "Neil, David M" <neildm@ID.DOE.GOV>
Subject: RE: DOE cleanup to fund tax cut
The major DOE sites are already "wildlife preserves" - the correct
designation is National Environmental Research Parks (NERPs).
Dave Neil neildm@id.doe.gov
"One day the costs to society of anti-nuclear hysteria will be so high that
the "no nukes" crowd may find themselves on their way, as Ralph Kramden
would say, "to the moon!" - Steven Milloy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Harrison [SMTP:laharris@SMTPGATE.DPHE.STATE.CO.US]
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 12:38 PM
> To: RADSAFE@list.vanderbilt.edu
> Subject: DOE cleanup to fund tax cut
>
> I haven't seen this on Radsafe yet, but forward it for what it's worth.
>
> Tony Harrison
> Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment
> tony.harrison@state.co.us
>
>
> Bush Advisor Urges Killing DOE Cleanup Program To Fund Tax Cut
>
> A policy advisor to President Bush recommends that the administration
> could
> help pay for its $1.6 trillion tax cut by eliminating the Department
> of
> Energy's (DOE) nuclear waste cleanup program and redesignating the
> contaminated sites as wildlife preserves.
>
> A report by the advisor, titled From Waste to Wilderness: Maintaining
> Biodiversity on Nuclear-Bomb-Building Sites, argues that the $6
> billion
> spent each year on DOE's cleanup program is a waste of money and only
> represents a boon to local lawmakers in the form of jobs and
> subsidies.
> "The DOE nuclear-waste-management program is arguably the biggest
> boondoggle in all of current pork-barrel spending . The only losers
> would
> be government officials who administer the present cleanup program,
> short-sighted politicians, and local communities that desire
> pork-barrel
> 'nuclear welfare,'" the report says.
>
> The report, to be released next month, is authored by Robert Nelson,
> an
> economist in the Interior Secretary's office from 1975 through 1993,
> and a
> member of Bush's environmental transition team. Nelson, a researcher at
> the
> Competitive Enterprise Institute, says his goal is to gain support for
> his
> plan amongst legislators and administration officials and have a
> hearing on
> his proposal.
>
> The report is being released as DOE and administration officials face
> increasing criticism from lawmakers and environmentalists over a
> proposed
> cut to the department's environmental cleanup budget. These advocates
> argue
> that even flat funding levels would be insufficient to allow numerous
> waste
> sites, including the Hanford, WA site to meet legally-binding closure
> deadlines. Washington state officials are even preparing a lawsuit
> against
> DOE in anticipation of the agency falling behind schedule at Hanford.
>
> Specifically, the report urges turning the five most-contaminated DOE
> sites
> -- Oak Ridge, TN, Savannah River, SC, Rocky Flats, CO, the Idaho
> National
> Environmental and Engineering Laboratory and Hanford -- into wildlife
> refuges, because they are responsible for over 70 percent of cleanup
> and
> containment costs. "Paradoxically, the presence of radiation danger
> and
> national security concerns have meant that these very same places
> offer
> some of the finest and least disturbed plant and animal habitats in
> the
> United States," the report says.
>
>
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Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 00:09:59 +0200
From: "Franz Schoenhofer" <franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT>
Subject: Re: Tooth Fairy Project's latest news release -Alec Baldwin letter
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Radsafe:
For those of you interested in the claims of the so-called "Radiation and
Public Health Project" and the efforts of Alec Baldwin to raise money in
Florida on behalf of the "Tooth Fairy Project" see the news release below
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It is amazing, how the emissions of nuclear reactors are downplayed by RPHP!
" The
RPHP Southeastern Florida Report also found that:
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In reality the emissions were 10 391 546 trillion attocuries!!!
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Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 15:23:41 -0700
From: "Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: Re: Tooth Fairy Project's latest news release -Alec Baldwin letter
Otto stated the following:
> As I have previously pointed out, the levels they are finding are much less
> than the levels in teeth in 1964 when fallout peaked. The 1950's are not a
> reasonable comparison point. What they are finding is much lower than the
> decay corrected levels of 1964.
All very true, as well as may of the other discrepancies already
pointed out. This is all nice, but, it doesn't really matter that we
point out these inconsistencies, etc. The tooth fairy project already
know all of this. They don't care about the facts. They are in it for
a whole different agenda.
The true experimental test would be to collect teeth from araes where
there isn't a nuclear power plant for hundreds of miles. That would
be a good control group. But they can't do that. Why? They said that
they only ask for volunteers to send in teeth (of course they only
ask for these in areas adjacent to a nuclear power plant). They say
they don't have the funds .. I doubt that!
So, we can all provide the inconsistencies, again. I'll say it again
.. it doesn't matter. Not one iota.
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Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 15:35:41 -0700
From: "Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: Re: Tooth Fairy Project's latest news release & ... reputable response
Question:
Has anyone responded to any of the media where the Tooth Fairy
releases are published?
If so, to which publications?
We can all argue the facts here on Radsafe. What we need are experts
in the area (such as Otto, Stewart and others) to respond to the
media, as they have to Radsafe.
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Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 23:21:01 -0000
From: "Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Swedish Parliament: Whirled water to straighten out brain imbalance...
Dear Radsafers,
Take something cold and sit down before you read this below = my summarized
translation of some news that was sent to me - I am presently in Baton Rouge
(LSU) and don't have access to the ordinary sources to check details. BTW -
there is a bunch of palmistry experts here next door (New Orleans) that
probably could expand the business if they just knew about it.
My opinions and initiative only,
Bjorn Cedervall bcradsafers@hotmail.com
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A Swedish company - named "Plus & Minus" - has installed "water whirlers" in
our Parliament. The company says that this is to improve the occupational
standards for the Parliament members. Representatives
for Plus & Minus recently gave a talk about whirled water to Center Party
Parliament members to whom it was explained that the water was good for the
energy balance between the two brain halves. It was also claimed to lower
the need for chlorine in swimming pools, to improve photosynthesis (any
green cultivated stuff) and protect against microwave radiation. Stomach
obstipation was another indication.
The Plus & Minus representatives made "measurements" in the Parliament
building and noted "disturbances in the electrical balance". It had been
explained that the whole atmosphere must have plus, minus and earth. With
all electricity in our environment one pole disappears but is restored with
whirled water.
A university professor (Royal Institute of Technology) has called this
"qualified pseudoscientific hocus pocus". Two water whirlers have been
purchased however.
Plus & Minus says that the Parliament members can now sit in front of their
computer monitors, use wireless communication and mobile phones without
having any risk of being hurt by electromagnetic fields.
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Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 19:58:50 EDT
From: RuthWeiner@AOL.COM
Subject: Re: Classic books
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I don't live in the Chicago area, and one of the books are of exceeding
interest to me, but please be aware that mailing books "book rate" is quite
cheap. In moving across the U. S. (Maryland to Seattle) I found it was
cheaper to mail my books than to have them moved, and I have lots and lots of
books.
Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.
ruthweiner@aol.com
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2><B>I don't live in the Chicago area, and one of the books are of exceeding
<BR>interest to me, but please be aware that mailing books "book rate" is quite
<BR>cheap. In moving across the U. S. (Maryland to Seattle) I found it was
<BR>cheaper to mail my books than to have them moved, and I have lots and lots of
<BR>books.
<BR>
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Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 21:40:14 -0400
From: "JOHN JACOBUS" <JENDAY1@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Subject: Re: 10CFR20 mistake?
Jack Couch wrote:
. . .
20.2202 (a)(1)(iii) "A shallow-dose equivalent to the skin or extremities
of 250 rads(2.5 Gy)..."
Note the units used here for shallow-dose equivalent. It is the same in
earlier editions of 10CFR20. In (b)(1)(iii) the units are in rems (Sv).
Do you suppose there is a reason behind the difference in units, or is it
just another governmental boo-boo?
. . .
These units are used as the absorbed dose would lead to an acute,
deterministic response, e.g. erythema. As such, there is no associated
quality factor.
- -- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
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Bowie, MD 20715-2024
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Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 22:01:59 -0500
From: "Gerry Thomas" <gfthomas@attcanada.ca>
Subject: ORNL/TM-12451
FGR 12 , Appendix C, refers to ORNL/TM-12451. Does anyone know whether
or not this report was issued? A search on the ORNL site drew a blank.
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Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 21:00:43 -0500
From: "David Norman" <david.norman@norm-rad.com>
Subject: Radon Web Site
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Found the following web site regarding radon gas in homes. Could =
someone in this group verify his statements.
http://www.radonseal.com/radon-indoor.htm
David Norman
Norm-Rad Services
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Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 00:05:34 -0400
From: "dkosloff1" <dkosloff1@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Subject: Re: Radon Web Site
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There is a lot of bad information on the Radon Web Site: For example, =
this paragraph: "The fission of Uranium-238, the most common of the =
radioactive heavy metals, will never end. Its radioactive half-time, =
when a half of its atoms decays, is 4.5 billion years. And, the =
half-time of Thorium-232, also common in rocks and soils, is 14.1 =
billion years. Their decay chains produce radon isotopes: Radon-222 (the =
most common in homes) from Uranium-238 and Radon-220 (Thoron) from =
Thorium-232. The humankind is assured of a never-ending supply of radon. =
Radon-filled caves had likely killed many cavemen."
He has confused "fission" with "decay". This is the second place I have =
seen someone make a statement about U-238 fissioning. He uses the term =
"half-time" instead of "half-life". The half-lives of U-238 and =
Thorium-232 are correct, as are the Radon isotopes.
The errors make me skeptical about the rest of the information provided.
Don Kosloff dkosloff1@msn.com
2910 Main St. PERRY OH 44081
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the=20
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when a half=20
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Thorium-232,=20
also common in rocks and soils, is 14.1 billion years. Their decay =
chains=20
produce radon isotopes: Radon-222 (the most common in homes) from =
Uranium-238=20
and Radon-220 (Thoron) from Thorium-232. The humankind is assured of a=20
never-ending supply of radon. Radon-filled caves had likely killed many=20
cavemen."</P>
<P>He has confused "fission" with "decay". This is the second =
place I have=20
seen someone make a statement about U-238 fissioning. He =
uses the=20
term "half-time" instead of "half-life". The half-lives of U-238 =
and=20
Thorium-232 are correct, as are the Radon isotopes.</P>
<P>The errors make me skeptical about the rest of the information =
provided.</P>
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Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 08:30:15 -0400
From: "Rich, Terry" <Terry_Rich@URMC.ROCHESTER.EDU>
Subject: Swipe materials
Question to the list.
We had a source to supply 1 5/8" bulk coffee filter type swipe material, but
the source has since been lost due to staffing changes. Does anyone have a
good source for these bulk swipe materials? We use them to perform lab
surveys aprox. 100 / month. The past batch of swipes came in bulk of 100 /
bag.
Thanks in advance,
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University of Rochester
Radiation Safety Unit
http://extranet.urmc.rochester.edu/radiationsafety/rshpage.htm
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Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 09:01:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: William Prestwich <prestwic@MCMAIL.CIS.MCMASTER.CA>
Subject: Re: Radon Web Site
I don't think one can be too harsh. 328U does decay by spontaneous
fission in competition with alpha decay. The author never actually claims
that radon is a reult of the fission decay mode. Of course, the idea that
any source lasts forever just because we use an exponential approximation
for the population variation with time is not correct. When the last atom
decays it is all over. The idea of a cave man living long enough to be
affected by radon is also rather whimsical.
Cheers,
Bill Prestwich
McMaster University
prestwic@mcmaster.ca
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Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 08:08:27 -0500
From: gerald.lahti@EXELONCORP.COM
Subject: Classic books - Part 2
Classics - part 2 - here are a few more - for sale or appropriate donation
> Radsafers, I'm moving and need to get rid of a few things. I have a
> number of classic texts which I think are too good to throw out. Is
> anybody interested in purchasing these? Or can anybody offer a worthy
> home for donation purposes?
>
* * *
Benedict, Pigford & Levi, Nuclear Chemical Engineering, McGraw-Hill, 1957,
1981 [$7]
ICRP Publications
ICRP, Recommendations of the ICRP, Sept 1958
ICRP, Report of Committee 2, Permissible Dose for Internal Radiation
[ICRP-2], 1959
ICRP, Radionuclide Release Rate to the Environment: Assessment of Doses to
Man [ICRP-29]
Price $18 for all three ICRP pubs, including shipping
* * *
IAEA Publications
IAEA - Safety Series
Nr. 1 - Safe Handling of Radionuclides - 1973
Nr. 38 - Radiation Protection Procedures - 1973
Nr. 17 - Techniques for Controlling Air Pollution from Nuclear Facilities -
1966
Nr. 39 - Safe Handling of Plutonium
Nr. 9 Basic Safety Standards for Radiation Protection - 1967
50-C-0 Safety in Nuclear Power Plant Operation including Commissioning and
Decommissioning - A Code of Practice - 1978
50-C-D Design for Safety of Nuclear Power Plants - A Code of Practice - 1978
Nr. 57 - Generic Models and Parameters for Assessing the Environmental
Transfer of Radionuclides from Routine Releases - 1982
IAEA Technical Report Series
15 - A Basic Toxicity Classification of Radionuclides - 1963
148 - Control of Iodine in the Nuclear Industry - 1973
122 - Air Filters for Use at Nuclear Facilities
Price $60, for all 11 IAEA pubs, including shipping
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Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 08:40:13 -0500
From: Tina Morse <TMorse@EES-Corp.com>
Subject: Position Announcement
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EES CORPORATION is an environmental engineering, consulting and
management firm providing professional technical services to the Federal
Government and prime contractors.
We are preparing a proposal in response to an RFP issued by DOE Ohio
Field Office and are seeking candidates for the following job
description:
Conduct administrative and technical reviews on proposals,
plans, reports, drawings, safety analyses, technical
documentation, and procedures relating to Operational
Readiness, Conduct of Operations and Radiation Safety/Health
Physics reviews. The contractor must ensure the merit of
alternative solutions to technical problems and formulate
courses of actions for recommendation to DOE. The contractor
must assist DOE in implementation/verification of corrective
actions. Conduct project reviews involving reviewing
contractor project and work plans, walkthrough of areas,
attending project meetings and information gathering from
various disciplines throughout the facility. Develop guidance
and procedures for implementation of Price Anderson Amendment
Act requirements. Conduct program reviews of Radiological
Protection functional areas to include review of procedures,
interview professional staff, review of incident reports for
trends, and other related review aspects. Validate contractor
corrective actions involving both document and field review to
ensure that the intent of the corrective action was
satisfactorily conducted. Assist the client in project
reviews, including field surveillances and assessments
involving the review of site contractor project and work
plans, conduct of project walkthroughs, attending project
meetings and gathering of information from various disciplines
throughout the client's facility. Assist the client with
independent reviews of Radiological Protection functional
areas to include, interviews of professional staff, review of
incident reports for trends, and other related review aspects
and provide written reports to the project's coordinator.
Conduct general facilities surveillances in addition to
surveillances conducted as part of project reviews, incident
investigations and other assessments. Assist the client in
the validation of contractor corrective actions involving both
documented and field reviews to ensure that the intent of the
corrective action was satisfactorily conducted. Review Health
Physics documents to identify and evaluate anomalies. The
contractor shall perform general quality reviews of documents
to recommend approaches for improving processes, systems, and
reports.
The successful candidate must have a working level knowledge
of concepts, principles, and practices of radiation protection
concerning the adequacy and effectiveness of Federal and
contractor environmental and occupational radiation protection
contractor activities to ensure program compliance with
Department Orders, standards, guides, Federal regulations,
statutes, codes, and applicable state and/or local
regulations. Applicants must have the following background
and experience:
* minimum of 5 years' demonstrable experience in
occupational radiation protection;
* working level knowledge of 10 CFR 835, Occupational
Radiation Protection;
* working level knowledge of DOE Order 5400.5, Radiation
Protection of the Public and the Environment;
* working level knowledge of Nuclear Regulatory Commission
regulations;
* minimum of a bachelor of science degree in health
physics, physical science, or nuclear engineering;
* Certified Health Physicist
Work on this project is expected to be part time, and split
between two (2) DOE facilities (Miamisburg, Ohio and West
Valley, New York). Work related travel costs will be
reimbursed.
EES CORPORATION offers a competitive compensation including a
robust Fringe Benefits package. Interested individuals may
review of summary of the benefits provided by EES at
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services to the Federal Government and prime contractors.
<p>We are preparing a proposal in response to an RFP issued by DOE Ohio
Field Office and are seeking candidates for the following job description:
<blockquote>Conduct administrative and technical reviews on proposals,
plans, reports, drawings, safety analyses, technical documentation, and
procedures relating to Operational Readiness, Conduct of Operations and
Radiation Safety/Health Physics reviews. The contractor must ensure the
merit of alternative solutions to technical problems and formulate courses
of actions for recommendation to DOE. The contractor must assist DOE in
implementation/verification of corrective actions. Conduct project
reviews involving reviewing contractor project and work plans, walkthrough
of areas, attending project meetings and information gathering from various
disciplines throughout the facility. Develop guidance and procedures
for implementation of Price Anderson Amendment Act requirements.
Conduct program reviews of Radiological Protection functional areas to
include review of procedures, interview professional staff, review of incident
reports for trends, and other related review aspects. Validate contractor
corrective actions involving both document and field review to ensure that
the intent of the corrective action was satisfactorily conducted.
Assist the client in project reviews, including field surveillances and
assessments involving the review of site contractor project and work plans,
conduct of project walkthroughs, attending project meetings and gathering
of information from various disciplines throughout the client's facility.
Assist the client with independent reviews of Radiological Protection functional
areas to include, interviews of professional staff, review of incident
reports for trends, and other related review aspects and provide written
reports to the project's coordinator. Conduct general facilities
surveillances in addition to surveillances conducted as part of project
reviews, incident investigations and other assessments. Assist the
client in the validation of contractor corrective actions involving both
documented and field reviews to ensure that the intent of the corrective
action was satisfactorily conducted. Review Health Physics documents
to identify and evaluate anomalies. The contractor shall perform general
quality reviews of documents to recommend approaches for improving processes,
systems, and reports.
<p>The successful candidate must have a working level knowledge of concepts,
principles, and practices of radiation protection concerning the adequacy
and effectiveness of Federal and contractor environmental and occupational
radiation protection contractor activities to ensure program compliance
with Department Orders, standards, guides, Federal regulations, statutes,
codes, and applicable state and/or local regulations. Applicants
must have the following background and experience:
<ul>
<li>
minimum of 5 years' demonstrable experience in occupational radiation protection;</li>
<li>
working level knowledge of 10 CFR 835, Occupational Radiation Protection;</li>
<li>
working level knowledge of DOE Order 5400.5, Radiation Protection of the
Public and the Environment;</li>
<li>
working level knowledge of Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations;</li>
<li>
minimum of a bachelor of science degree in health physics, physical science,
or nuclear engineering;</li>
<li>
Certified Health Physicist</li>
</ul>
Work on this project is expected to be part time, and split between two
(2) DOE facilities (Miamisburg, Ohio and West Valley, New York).
Work related travel costs will be reimbursed.
<p><b><i>EES C<font size=-1>ORPORATION</font></i></b> offers a competitive
compensation including a robust Fringe Benefits package. Interested
individuals may review of summary of the benefits provided by <b><i>EES</i></b>
at <a href="http://www.EES-Corp.com/benefits.htm";>http://www.EES-Corp.com/benefits.htm</a>.
Candidates may make application by submitting a resumes, in either MS Word
97 or Corel WordPerfect Version 8.0 format, to Tina Morse, Human Resources
Director, <b><i>EES C<font size=-1>ORPORATION</font></i></b>, by FAX at
(614)487-0011, or by Email at <a href="mailto:TMorse@EES-Corp.com";>TMorse@EES-Corp.com</a>,
by 8:00 a.m. Monday, April 9, 2001.</blockquote>
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Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 10:40:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: William Prestwich <prestwic@MCMAIL.CIS.MCMASTER.CA>
Subject: Re: Radon Web Site
Gee, I don't think I said that. All I said (or meant to say) was that 238U
does undergo fission, but the radon is not produced in that decay mode.
Bill
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