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radsafe-digest Tuesday, April 10 2001 Volume 01 : Number 030
In this issue:
Re: question about Vatican broadcasting
Device enquiry
Re: Device enquiry
Re: Radon Web Site
radon measurement and mitigation at universities
Classic books - Part 3
Radioactive Tumbleweeds
Survey monitor for Nuclear Medicine
DOE Transuranic Waste Definition
Neutron Shielding Materials
Calls on Nuclear Industry to Abandon Use Of Plutonium, Highly Enriched Uranium
RE: DOE cleanup to fund tax cut
FPL Executives Keep Merger Bonuses
Natural Radiations in Hawai'i
RE: two purposes
I need contacts for Inst.
RE: DOE cleanup to fund tax cut
Re: I need contacts for Inst.
RE: two purposes
Re: question about Vatican broadcasting
Water whirlers etc
Survey Monitors
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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 10:29:32 +1200
From: andrew_mcewan@NRL.MOH.GOVT.NZ
Subject: Re: question about Vatican broadcasting
Ruth Weiner asked about the relationship between volts per metre and power flux density for RF radiation.
The power flux density in the far field varies as E squared, with E in volts per metre. For the frequency range 10-400 MHz the International
Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection recommends a public exposure (CW) limit of 28 V/m corresponding to a power flux density of 2 W/sq m.
I don't know the frequency of the Vatican transmitter, however, for frequencies below around 10 MHz E and H field strengths generally both need to be
determined for compliance with limits, and limits in W/sq m are not applicable. For an AM transmitter around 1 MHz the public exposure limit is 87
V/m, and close to such transmitters the E field is dominant.
Andrew McEwan
____________________________
Andrew C McEwan PhD
National Radiation Laboratory
PO Box 25-099
Christchurch, New Zealand
Ph 64 3 366 5059
Fax 64 3 366 1156
Andrew_McEwan@nrl.moh.govt.nz
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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 13:26:18 +0800
From: "Dahlskog, Leif" <Leif.Dahlskog@HEALTH.WA.GOV.AU>
Subject: Device enquiry
Dear Colleagues
I am looking for information about the following moisture measuring devices.
The information I have is as follows:-
Manufacturer : VIATEC Ltd, Div. Of Plessy, Inc
Model : PW23 Depth Probe Model DP1
Serial No. : 11
Contents : Am241/Be (activity unknown), June 1969
The above has a central rod about 1.5 inches diameter and maybe 4 ft long
surrounded by a green metal cylinder (shield). From surveys it appears the
source is located half way along the rod.
Accompanying the above is another smaller hand operated device with a lever
operated shutter. This one is labelled:-
Manufacturer : VIATEC Ltd, Div. Of Plessy, Inc
Model : HDM2, Surface Probe
Serial No. : 171
Contents : 10 mCi (370 MBq) of 226Ra/Be, June 1968
I would be most grateful on any further information about the devices you
may have or who I may contact in seeking the information. Of particular
interest would be the activity of Am-241/Be in the PW23 Depth Probe and
details about the source manufacture and shielding materials for both
devices (source encapsulation, chemical form, any special form certificates
issued etc). One retired staff member recalls that mercury may have been
used as the shielding material used in the Surface Probe. We have no plans
of opening it up but would like to confirm the mercury part. I have digital
photographs of the devices that can be sent to anyone interested.
Anyone able have any further info ?
regards
Leif Dahlskog
Radiation Health Section
Health Department of Western Australia
ph (+61 8) 9346 2260
fax (+61 8) 9381 1423
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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 06:47:42 -0500
From: "Robert Young" <ryoung3@MAIL.STATE.TN.US>
Subject: Re: Device enquiry
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The NRC's State Programs www page has the following Sealed Source & Device =
Registry sheet on a VIATEC Ltd, Div. Of Plessy, Inc device, however, the =
Isotope was Ra226/Be in stead of Am241/Be. The review is coded as an =
Inactive SSD model number.
http://www.hsrd.ornl.gov/nrc/ssdr/09480801.pdf
This might be a start. The Company is out of South Africa.
Robert N. Young, X-ray Registration & Machine / Device Permitting Manager
TN - Division of Radiological Health
3rd Floor, L & C Annex
401 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37243-1532
(615) 532-0364 Voice
(615) 532-0385 FAX
e-mail: ryoung3@mail.state.tn.us
>>> "Dahlskog, Leif" <Leif.Dahlskog@HEALTH.WA.GOV.AU> 4/9/01 12:26:18 AM =
>>>
Dear Colleagues
I am looking for information about the following moisture measuring =
devices.
The information I have is as follows:-
Manufacturer : VIATEC Ltd, Div. Of Plessy, Inc
Model : PW23 Depth Probe Model DP1
Serial No. : 11
Contents : Am241/Be (activity unknown), June 1969
The above has a central rod about 1.5 inches diameter and maybe 4 ft long
surrounded by a green metal cylinder (shield). From surveys it appears =
the
source is located half way along the rod.
Accompanying the above is another smaller hand operated device with a =
lever
operated shutter. This one is labelled:-
Manufacturer : VIATEC Ltd, Div. Of Plessy, Inc
Model : HDM2, Surface Probe
Serial No. : 171
Contents : 10 mCi (370 MBq) of 226Ra/Be, June 1968
I would be most grateful on any further information about the devices you
may have or who I may contact in seeking the information. Of particular
interest would be the activity of Am-241/Be in the PW23 Depth Probe and
details about the source manufacture and shielding materials for both
devices (source encapsulation, chemical form, any special form certificates=
issued etc). One retired staff member recalls that mercury may have been
used as the shielding material used in the Surface Probe. We have no =
plans
of opening it up but would like to confirm the mercury part. I have =
digital
photographs of the devices that can be sent to anyone interested.
Anyone able have any further info ?
regards
Leif Dahlskog=20
Radiation Health Section=20
Health Department of Western Australia=20
ph (+61 8) 9346 2260=20
fax (+61 8) 9381 1423=20
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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 06:35:16 -0600
From: "Raymond A. Hoover" <rayhoover@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Radon Web Site
Both radioactive decay and pressure contribute (I no longer remember the
percentages) and I seem to recall that without such heating we would be
about 50 degrees F cooler (on average) without them.
>From: "Phil Hypes" <laradcon@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: "Phil Hypes" <laradcon@HOTMAIL.COM>
>To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
>Subject: Re: Radon Web Site
>Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 09:00:13 -0600
>
>I like this quote even better: "Radon is produced by the natural breakdown
>of radioactive heavy metals dispersed throughout the earth's crust. (fine
>so
>far, but read on and learn!) This spontaneous fission makes life on earth
>possible - it heats the earth's core."
>
>I always thought that pressure heated the earth's core. Also, how much
>does
>life on earth depend on geothermal heating? Is life on earth really
>dependent on heat from the core?
>
>For those of you who haven't looked at the site, it's selling concrete
>sealant.
>
>Phil
>laradcon@hotmail.com
>
>
>>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: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 08:02:20 -0500
From: "Danny Anglin" <danny.anglin@VANDERBILT.EDU>
Subject: radon measurement and mitigation at universities
The director of my department has asked that I conduct a poll of radsafe
members at universities concerning radon programs for resident halls and in
the workplace. Could you respond to the following:
1. Do you have a program to measure and mitigate radon? If not, why not.
2. If so, do you make measurements in resident halls?
3. For resident halls, do you use a guideline other than the EPA limit of 4
pCi/l for Rn-222. (e.g., NCRP-91 guideline of 2 WLM per year or about 8
pCi/l).
4. For the workplace do you use EPA guidelines or occupational limits as
defined by OSHA. (We have a consultant that has recommended that
concentrations of less than 7.5 pCi/l (Rn-222) averaged over one year need
not be mitigated. He based it on the definition of airborne radioactivity
area in the OSHA standard. My understanding is that 10 CFR regulations in
effect in 1971 still apply under OSHA regulations).
Please respond to me at my email address.
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Danny Anglin, Radiation Safety Officer
Vanderbilt Environmental Health & Safety
Danny.anglin@vanderbilt.edu
Phone: 615-343-0761
Fax: 615-343-4951
Email: danny.anglin@vanderbilt.edu
U-0211 MCN
1161 21st Ave. S.
Nashville, TN 37232-2665
www.safety.vanderbilt.edu
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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 08:25:06 -0500
From: gerald.lahti@EXELONCORP.COM
Subject: Classic books - Part 3
> Classics - part 3 - here's the last for a while. These are the "heavy"
> tomes. - 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?
>
> * * *
>
1. LV Spencer, AB Chilton and CM Eisenhauer, Structural Shielding Against
Fallout Gamma Rays From Nuclear Detonations, NBS Special Publication 570,
1980.
This book is 8-1/2 x 11 inches in size, hard cover, of course. While its
984 pages address mostly the subject matter of the title, the book also
contains a good deal of fundamental shielding info. $20 including shipping.
2. Darryl Randerson (editor), Atmospheric Science and Power Plant
Production, DOE/TIC 27601, 1984. This (heavy) tome is also 8-1/2 x 11
inches in size and hard cover. Its 850 pages were intended to supercede
the older AEC document, Meteorology and Atomic Energy - 1968. $30 including
shipping.
3. Knoll - Radiation Detection and Measurement (1979 edition) 816 pages $30
including shipping.
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> Jerry Lahti
> Exelon - Nuclear
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> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 09:35:04 EDT
From: BobCherry@AOL.COM
Subject: Radioactive Tumbleweeds
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/04/06/radioactive.tumbleweeds.ap/index.ht
ml?s=3
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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 19:05:16 +0500
From: "ishtiaq.hussain" <ishtiaq.hussain@AKU.EDU>
Subject: Survey monitor for Nuclear Medicine
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Dear fellows,
May I request some experiences on the survey monitors for gamma/beta
radiation commonly used in Nuclear Medicine.
Please provide me the manufacturers name and contact email if possible.
On my list I have victoreen 190F with GM probe.
Is there any other better more sensitive for multiple radiation environment
in the market?
Regards\
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Medicine.</FONT>
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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 08:30:26 -0700
From: "Le, Quang" <quangle@SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
Subject: DOE Transuranic Waste Definition
Ladies and gentlemen,
DOE Order 435.1 definition of transuranic waste says:
"Transuranic waste is radioactive waste containing more than 100 nCi of alpha-emitting transuranic isotopes per gram of waste, with half-lives greater than 20 years, except for:
1) High-level waste
2) Waste that the Secretary of Energy has determined, with the concurrence of the Administrator of the EPA, does not need the degree of isolation required by the 40CFR Part 191 disposal regulations; or
3) Waste that the NRC has approved for disposal on a case-by-case basis in accordance with 10 CFR 61."
Questions:
Is there a list of the wastes mentioned in 2) and 3) above?
Any info you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Quang Le
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Operational Health Physics Department
<quangle@slac.stanford.edu>
(650)926-2610
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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 11:36:19 -0400
From: stallsmi@GDLS.COM
Subject: Neutron Shielding Materials
Good Morning RadSafers:
I am interested in reducing a 1E12 neutron fluence (1 Mev spectra) from a
nuclear weapon by a factor of one-fifth to one-tenth. What are the best
neutron shielding materials that could be used? Space claim of the shield
is an important consideration in evaluating potential materials. In
addition, the shielding of the gammas produced by neutron capture may not
be a problem for the application in question.
Any advice or references would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Dennis G. Stallsmith
Engineering Specialist
Electromagnetic Effects/Radiation Safety
General Dynamics Land Systems
38500 Mound Rd.
MZ : 436-10-70
Sterling Heights, Michigan 48310
(810) 825-5767
stallsmi@gdls.com
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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 07:47:44 -0700
From: "Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: Calls on Nuclear Industry to Abandon Use Of Plutonium, Highly Enriched Uranium
Index:
Calls to Abandon Use Of Plutonium, Highly Enriched Uranium
Japan town decides no more U.S. nuke sub visits
Hundreds Rally Against Nuke Weapons
Nuclear Waste Protested in Germany
Union supports Greenpeace nuclear disaster campaign
Tokaimura residents undergo health checks following accident
US Agency May Preserve Birthplaces of Atom Bomb, NYT Says
Senator: Benefit Program Not Moving
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Nuclear Control Institute Calls on Nuclear Industry to Abandon Use Of
Plutonium, Highly Enriched Uranium
WASHINGTON, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nuclear Control Institute
today called on the nuclear industry to either abandon the use of
plutonium and highly enriched uranium or be prepared to phase out
nuclear power altogether.
Speaking at NCI's 20th anniversary conference at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace, NCI President Paul Leventhal said:
"There may be an irreducible proliferation risk associated with
nuclear power, a risk serious enough to consider abandoning our
commitment to nuclear power."
Leventhal said: "If the nuclear industry refuses to end its love
affair with plutonium, then the world may well be better off without
nuclear power, and should look to alternative sources of energy and
to energy conservation and efficiency measures. There is an
abundance of cheap, non-weapons usable uranium available, so
plutonium and highly enriched uranium are unnecessary," Leventhal
said.
Leventhal said that NCI's opposition to civilian use of plutonium and
highly enriched uranium does not mean that the organization is anti-
nuclear. "We have worked for 20 years to de-link nuclear power and
nuclear weapons by questioning the use of plutonium produced in
nuclear power reactors and by seeking a halt in commerce in plutonium
as well as bomb-grade uranium. The issue is more critical today than
at any time in the past 20 years."
NCI convened today's conference -- "Nuclear Power and the Spread of
Nuclear Weapons" -- to underscore the connection that exists between
nuclear power and the proliferation of nuclear weapons. The
conference took place amid growing concerns over the nation's
electricity-supply shortages, the threat of global warming and the
threat of nuclear proliferation. Some have argued that nuclear power
provides an answer to the perceived energy crisis and the threat of
global warning. NCI's Leventhal took strong exception to this
argument.
Among those addressing today's conference were U.S. Rep. Edward
Markey (D-MA); former U.S. Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary; Ambassador
Robert Gallucci, Dean of the Georgetown School of Foreign Service and
diplomatic troubleshooter on North Korean, Iraqi and Iranian nuclear
weapons issues; Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The
Making of the Atomic Bomb;" and Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain
Institute, advocate for the "soft energy" path energy of conservation
and energy efficiency rather than nuclear power. Today's full
conference program is available at www.nci.org/conference.htm .
About the Nuclear Control Institute
Founded in 1981, the Nuclear Control Institute (NCI) is an
independent research and advocacy center specializing in problems of
nuclear proliferation. Non-partisan and non-profit, NCI monitors
nuclear activities worldwide and pursues strategies to halt the
spread and reverse the growth of nuclear weapons. NCI focuses in
particular on the urgency of eliminating atom-bomb materials --
plutonium and highly enriched uranium -- from civilian nuclear power
and research programs. Further information about NCI is available on
the organization's Web site, www.nci.org .
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Japan town decides no more U.S. nuke sub visits
TOKYO, April 9 (Reuters) - A town on the southern Japanese island of
Okinawa adopted on Monday a resolution opposing port calls by U.S.
nuclear submarines to an adjacent U.S. military port, Kyodo news
agency reported.
"A series of scandals caused by U.S. submarines, such as the
collision in waters off Hawaii and the unannounced port call by
another U.S. sub to Sasebo port, is truly regrettable," Kyodo quoted
the resolution adopted by the Katsuren town assembly as saying.
"We strongly urge the Japanese government not to allow any of such
nuclear-powered submarines to enter Japanese ports."
Last week, an unexpected visit by the USS Chicago to the port of
Sasebo in southern Japan outraged local authorities, who said it
violated a 1964 agreement and prompted Foreign Minister Yohei Kono to
demand an explanation before allowing further port calls.
U.S.-Japan ties have already been frayed by the accidental sinking of
a Japanese training trawler by a U.S. nuclear submarine off Hawaii in
February, killing nine people, and by a series of alleged crimes by
U.S. military personnel stationed in Japan. Many are stationed on
Okinawa.
Last Thursday, just days after the visit by the USS Chicago, a
different U.S. nuclear submarine, the USS Los Angeles, made a port
call at a U.S. Naval port in Katsuren town, although Japanese Foreign
Ministry officials said, unlike the Sasebo case, local officials had
been notified prior to its arrival.
Tokyo and Washington have agreed to start talks to come up with
procedures as soon as possible to prevent notification failures in
the future.
Under the 1964 agreement, the U.S. government is required to notify
Japan at least 24 hours before a port call by its nuclear-powered
vessels.
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell expressed his regrets over USS
Chicago's surprise entry in a telephone conversation with Kono.
Japan's parliament enacted new defence guidelines in 1999 authorising
Tokyo to provide logistical support to the U.S. military in the event
of an emergency in the region, but many local governments are
sensitive to the possibility that their authority could be infringed
in such cases.
A series of criminal incidents involving the U.S. military on Okinawa
has angered citizens of the southern island, which has less than one
percent of Japan's land area but is home to 25,000 U.S. troops --
just over a quarter of the total U.S. military presence in the Asia-
Pacific.
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Hundreds Rally Against Nuke Weapons
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) - About 300 people demonstrated Sunday at the
Department of Energy's Oak Ridge nuclear weapons plant, and police
made about 30 arrests, most on trespassing charges.
Demonstrators have targeted the plant in semiannual protests since
1998. Another protest is planned Aug. 6, the anniversary of the
dropping of the first atomic bomb on Japan. The bomb was developed in
part at Oak Ridge.
Most of the demonstration was held outside the perimeter of the
plant, but police said those arrested went beyond a ``no cross''
zone. All but one of the protesters were released immediately.
The Y-12 plant manufactures parts for the MX missile system and
stores highly enriched uranium used in warheads.
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Nuclear Waste Protested in Germany
STUTTGART, Germany (AP) Apr 8 - About 900 people demonstrated at two
sites in Germany on Sunday to protest expected shipments of spent
nuclear fuel.
Outside the Gorleben nuclear waste dump in northern Germany, about
400 people piled hundreds of sandbags at the entrance to the dump as
a symbolic ``radiation protection wall,'' police said.
Another 500 people staged a peaceful demonstration in Philippsburg,
site of a German nuclear plant. Anti-nuclear groups say the plant is
one of three from which waste transports are scheduled to leave on
Tuesday for a French reprocessing facility in La Hague.
The French state-owned nuclear utility Cogema has said the waste
should arrive in France on Wednesday.
Germany sends spent nuclear fuel from its plants to France for
reprocessing under contracts that oblige it to take back the waste.
Last month, anti-nuclear demonstrators turned out by the thousands
and caused an 18-hour delay as authorities returned a shipment of
reprocessed waste to the Gorleben dump. Police mounted a huge
operation to secure that convoy.
Germany and France agreed to resume transports of nuclear waste after
a three-year break imposed by the previous German government after
radiation leaks were discovered in some containers.
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Union supports Greenpeace nuclear disaster campaign
9 April, Australian Broadcasting Corporation - The Maritime Union of
Australia wants the Federal Government to ensure it is prepared for
accidents onboard ships carrying radioactive material in Australian
waters.
The union has backed Greenpeace's campaign to have a response to
accidents on nuclear ships included in the Commonwealth Disaster
Plan.
The Tasmanian secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia, Mike
Wickham, says as merchant sailors are the ones who would probably be
involved in any rescue, the union wants to ensure they are protected.
"We're called on at all times at sea to respond, and this government
on one hand is trying to get rid of our shipping fleet, and on the
other hand if it comes to an emergency they'll expect our merchant
seamen and seawomen to respond at a moment's notice," he said.
"So we're not prepared to do that without some plans put in place
that says they're not at risk, or how they're going to deal with it
when they get there."
A spokesman for the Defence Department says the disaster plan is
currently under review and Greenpeace's concerns are being
considered.
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Tokaimura residents undergo health checks following accident
MITO, Japan, April 8 (Kyodo) - Some 140 residents in and around
Tokaimura village in Ibaraki Prefecture underwent a publicly funded
health examination Sunday, the second since the 1999 nuclear accident
in the village deemed Japan's worst, prefectural government officials
said.
The residents received cardiovascular checks and X-ray tests for
cancer in addition to consultations with radiologists, the officials
said.
A 70-year-old village woman who visited a community center to undergo
the examination said, ''I feel relieved to undergo the checks.''
Combined with two other health examinations slated for later this
month, a total of 300 residents are expected to undergo the checks
sponsored by the central and prefectural governments, the officials
said. Some 340 residents underwent the first annual checks last
spring.
More than 600 people, mainly employees of a uranium processing plant
run by JCO Co. in Tokaimura, about 120 kilometers northeast of Tokyo,
and local residents were exposed to radiation from the Sept. 30,
1999, nuclear fission chain reaction accident, according to the
central government.
Two of the workers at the plant -- Hisashi Ouchi and Masato Shinohara
- -- died in December 1999 and April 2000, respectively, from radiation
sickness.
Last November, public prosecutors indicted six employees of JCO, a
subsidiary of Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., on charges of negligence
resulting in the death of the two.
The accident occurred after workers poured an excessive amount of
uranium solution into a processing tank using buckets, bypassing
several required steps, prosecutors said.
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US Agency May Preserve Birthplaces of Atom Bomb, NYT Says
Richland, Washington, April 7 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Department of
Energy is studying the feasibility of decontaminating and preserving
parts of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and seven other sites where
research was undertaken to build the atom bomb, the New York Times
reported.
Other candidates being studied for preservation as national landmarks
include Los Alamos, New Mexico, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and the Trinity
site south of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
While most of the sites are too contaminated to allow sightseers to
visit, the Hanford site has been nominated for eventual year-round
tourism.
Getting the Hanford reactor ready would cost an estimated $10 million
beyond the billions of dollars that will be spent to clean up the
site during the next few decades, Keith Klein, manager of the Energy
Department office that oversees Hanford, told the paper.
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Senator: Benefit Program Not Moving
WASHINGTON (AP) Apr 6 - The Bush administration has decided against
giving the Justice Department control of a benefit program for sick
nuclear workers, a senator who represents some of the ailing workers
said Friday.
``We got an assurance from the White House that they are not going to
transfer it there,'' said Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M.
Bingaman was one of the authors of the new entitlement program which,
later this year, is supposed to start offering $150,000 and lifetime
medical care to Cold War-era workers exposed to risky levels of
radiation, silica or beryllium.
He was among many worker advocates on Capitol Hill who strenuously
objected when the White House circulated a proposed executive order
transferring the new program from the Labor Department to the Justice
Department.
Labor Secretary Elaine Chao insisted her department was not the one
best suited for the job. She was backed by from three influential
congressmen: House Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis.,
Senate Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Rep. John Boehner,
R-Ohio, who heads the committee that oversees the Labor Department.
But Bingaman had a few tricks up his sleeve. Without publicly
revealing his strategy, he blocked pending nominations to Labor
Department posts.
The senator said he didn't even know the names of the nominees whose
confirmation he threatened to sidetrack, but let the White House know
he ``didn't want to go forward with any nominations there in the
Department of Labor until we got some assurance that this wouldn't be
going to Justice, where the history of efforts like this has been
miserable.''
The Justice Department runs a program that gives one-time payments to
former uranium miners and people who lived downwind of nuclear test
blasts. But the program's small staff and lack of branch offices were
two of the reasons the new program's authors didn't want Justice to
run it.
Lowell ``Pete'' Strader, legislative director for the union that
represents workers at 11 sites in the nuclear weapons complex,
welcomed Bingaman's announcement. ``We take that as wonderful news,''
said Strader. ``We knew Justice wasn't prepared to handle the
program.''
Bingaman said the White House is ``still uncertain what exactly will
be done with the program to make it work, but they are committed to
making it work.''
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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 12:31:37 -0400
From: Susan Gawarecki <loc@ICX.NET>
Subject: RE: DOE cleanup to fund tax cut
Ruth makes some good comments, but misses the point regarding citizen
participation. There will always be upset parties screaming for action
whether or not there are Citizen Advisory Boards. In fact, the
membership of the CABs tend to be much better informed on the issues
because of the willingness of DOE to provide technical assistance, and
when the activists are seated on the CABs it tends to moderate their
rhetoric.
The CABs are probably one of the reasons that more dialogue has taken
place between different sites in the DOE complex and more cross-cutting
issues have been appropriately addressed. Moreover, when a CAB comments
on a proposed remediation strategy and has its concerns addressed, the
community as a whole is more likely to accept the path forward, a result
not seen previously when unilateral decisions were made without
significant community input. Finally, the CABs are involved in the
annual budget cycle and generally review the site's priorities,
including the risk-based vs. the compliance-driven, which gives the
members a better understanding of why tradeoffs are made. Letting
citizens have a good glimpse inside the system and understand at least a
little of the costs and benefits has, I believe, moved DOE forward in
accomplishing its cleanups. This is certainly true in Oak Ridge, and
I've seen similar results at other sites.
I think James Stokes exaggerates the extent of the contamination. The
vast majority of DOE lands are buffer zones, not contaminated areas. In
Oak Ridge, about 15% of the 35,000 acres is contaminated. Furthermore,
the impacted areas are the industrially developed or waste disposal
areas, not prime wildlife habitat. No one realistically believes that
the contaminated areas will be returned to pristine condition, nor is
there any proposal to do so. That is why stewardship has become such a
hot topic in Environmental Management--there has to be a way of
monitoring, maintaining protection, and disseminating information
regarding remediated sites with residual contamination or where wastes
remain in place. And this has to be balanced with the desire of local
communities to have some of the developable land for
"reindustrialization" and the desire of preservationists to maintain
large undisturbed tracts of ecologically sensitive lands.
My opinions only,
Regards,
Susan
- --
.....................................................
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: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 08:32:52 -0700
From: "Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: FPL Executives Keep Merger Bonuses
FPL Executives Keep Merger Bonuses
NEW ORLEANS (AP) Apr 8 -- FPL Group's failed merger with Entergy
Corp. was a bust for the Florida utility's shareholders, but FPL's
top executives exited the deal like lottery players who just hit the
jackpot.
In an unusual move even in this day of multimillion-dollar executive
salaries and bonuses, FPL chairman and chief executive James
Broadhead and his seven top lieutenants will keep $60 million in
merger-related bonuses paid to them in cash in December after
shareholders approved the deal.
Broadhead's take alone from the failed merger was $21.1 million,
which came on top of his normal salary of $974,000, along with $1.1
million in performance bonuses and $13.5 million in accrued
retirement benefits. Broadhead's total pay package in 2000 was $36.7
million.
The merger-related bonuses were part of a pre-existing, long-term
incentive program for FPL executives that potentially would have been
paid to them over a period of years as cash bonuses and extra stock
options based in part on the company's financial performance. The
better the company's performance, the bigger the bonuses.
``Change of control'' clauses in the executives' contracts, which are
common in American corporations, triggered the early payments as an
incentive for the executives to stay with FPL after the merger even
though their future with the new combined utility might be uncertain.
What made the FPL payments highly unusual was that the lump sums were
paid well in advance of the deal's completion, which was expected in
late 2001. Most comparable ``change of control'' payments at other
companies, including Entergy, are triggered by the closing of an
acquisition.
``I certainly can't recall the last time I saw something like this,''
said Gregory Phelps, a John Hancock Patriot Funds manager whose firm
owns about 100,000 shares of FPL preferred stock. He said the
bonuses, and the refusal by FPL executives to return the money,
blemished the otherwise good reputation enjoyed by the management
team among investors.
Entergy executives did not receive any bonuses for the merger
attempt, but Entergy president Don Hintz and Entergy Nuclear
Operations chief executive Jerry Yelverton were in line for $5.52
million in retention incentives that would have been paid in
installments at the close of the deal and on the first three
anniversaries.
Entergy chief executive Wayne Leonard would not have received any
bonuses or retention payments, although he stood to double his annual
$836,538 salary after becoming chief executive officer of the
combined utility.
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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 09:47:01 -0700
From: "H.B. Knowles" <hbknowles@HBKNOWLES.COM>
Subject: Natural Radiations in Hawai'i
Colleagues:
I am trying to obtain information ( moderately accurate annual
- -dose-equivalents) spcifically for Hawai'i , more specifically for the U
Hawai'i campus in Honolulu. This could include:
1. Cosmic rays at ground level(special interest in neutron-induced
dose-equivalent)
2, Naturally occuring ground radioactivity (this location is over
some relatively recent basalt flows)
3, Radon
4. Contribution of groundwater radioactivity.
A reference to a not-too-obscure journal article would be fine. I would
appreciate any assistance.
Thank you,
H.B. Knowles, PhD, Physics Consulting
4030 Hillcrest Rd, El Sobrante, CA 94803
Phone (510)758-5449
Fax (510) 758-5508
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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 12:41:57 -0600
From: "Neil, David M" <neildm@ID.DOE.GOV>
Subject: RE: two purposes
Since you're testing (and it came through just fine) does anyone else tend
to get responses to posts before the original post, almost all the time?
Any idea why this is, Mike?
Dave Neil neildm@id.doe.gov
When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how
unintelligent my father was. By the time I turned twenty-one, I was
astounded how much he had learned in the last seven years. -- Mark Twain
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Stabin [SMTP:michael.g.stabin@VANDERBILT.EDU]
> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 4:40 PM
> To: Radsafe
> Subject: two purposes
>
>
> This e-mail serves two purposes - (1) to suggest that everyone not
> overreact
> to Ed Battle's misreading of Susan G's post, and (2) to test an attachment
> filter. If this message posts to the list, the filter didn't work, and
> I'll
> try again!
>
> Mike
>
> Michael G. Stabin, PhD, CHP
> Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
> Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
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> - Steven Wright
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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 11:47:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: mark sasser <duke99301@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: I need contacts for Inst.
I need to rent some of the following items.
I need to release a floor for radium.
any ideas?
thanks Mark Sasser RSO
Two - 3 x 3 sodium iodide (Similar to Ludlum 44-20)
Two - alpha hand held detectors (Similar to Ludlum
43-90)
One - Multi-Channel Analyzer (MCA)
Five - 2221 Scaler/rate meters
Two - 500 cm Probes (Similar to Ludlum 239-1F)
Extra windows for the monitors and alphas
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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 12:58:05 -0600
From: "Neil, David M" <neildm@ID.DOE.GOV>
Subject: RE: DOE cleanup to fund tax cut
The entire 890 square miles is not contaminated. The radiological
contamination is mostly in fairly circumscribed locations, as are the
chemical ones, the two often being the same areas. Of more general
distribution is unexploded ordinance from when the Navy did gunnery here,
but that is being searched out and cleared.
But your point was well taken: total cleanup would be prohibitive in cost,
probably impossible, and definitely unverifiable.
Dave Neil neildm@id.doe.gov
When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how
unintelligent my father was. By the time I turned twenty-one, I was
astounded how much he had learned in the last seven years. -- Mark Twain
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stokes, James [SMTP:StokesJ@TTNUS.COM]
> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 7:54 AM
> To: 'RuthWeiner@AOL.COM '; 'loc@ICX.NET '; 'radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> '
> Subject: RE: DOE cleanup to fund tax cut
>
>
> I would like to put this issue in my own personal perspective. The U.S
> DOE
> Defense Programs complex consists of about 2000 square miles of
> radioactively and chemically contaminated lands. Does anyone belive that
> there are enough tax dollars in The United Staes of America, to clean al
> of
> these lands to their original pristine condition? Do the calculations,
> and
> I will be willing to bet against it.
>
> Therefore, at some point, there will have to be a decision, that no more
> clean up will happen. I am not saying that this is the time for that. I
> am
> simply stating, pragmatically, that that time WILL come.
>
> Therefore, we most diligantly, and RESPONSIBLY spend the money while it is
> available, to clean up as much as we can. Because the "wallet" for
> cleanup
> is not bottomless. Remember that the Weldon Springs, MO sight sat idle
> for
> fifteen years, before any money was appropriated for its cleanup.
>
> Many do not know that it was the sister facility of the Fernald, OH site.
> Ask yourself why the Fernald sight received billions for its cleanup, when
> Weldon Springs only received millions. Answer, politics, not technical
> justification. Fernald is 1150 acres of uranium contamination. Hanford
> is
> 570 sq miles, INEEL is 890 SQ. miles, and Savannah River Site is about
> 270
> sq. miles. These sites have transuranic contamiation. Just usinf a
> simple
> linear extrapolation, the U.S. budget could not handle a cleanup to
> pristine conditions in our lifetime.
>
> The decisions that will have to be made will be emotional, negotiations
> protracted, and in the end, will satisfy noone. But all of us must look
> at
> what CAN be achieved, and do our best to ensure that the most that can be
> done, will be. But there will be a point at which the cleanup will have
> to
> end, because there just simply is just not enough money to do it all.
>
> These are my opinions alne, and probably conflict with many others who
> naively believe that we can have it all.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RuthWeiner@AOL.COM
> To: loc@ICX.NET; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> Sent: 4/6/01 6:16 PM
> Subject: Re: DOE cleanup to fund tax cut
>
> As at least one respondent pointed out, the sites are currently
> ecological
> preserves, precisely because human access is limited. Hanford's NERP
> (National Environmental Research Park) is in fact a rather unique
> ecology
> since it is a temperate zone desert. It's called the Arid Lands Ecology
>
> (ALE) site, and was inaugurated in 1976.
>
> I might also point out that in 1991 or 1992, when I was on a NAS risk
> prioritization panel, Curt Travis at Oak Ridge used a program called
> MEPAS to
> identify the most hazardous sites in the DOE complex, and there were
> really
> only a few places that posed any significant risk. However, this made
> most
> of the citizen activists mad, because in any prioritization some sites
> end up
> high on the list and others , lower. At their behest, Hazel O'Leary
> eliminated the prioritization idea (and the NAS panel) and instituted
> the
> Citizens' Advisory Boards, following some meeting at the Keystone
> conference
> center in Colorado that resulted in the so-called "Keystone Accords"
> that
> gave "stakeholders" a voice in what to clean up and how to do it. And
> here
> we are!
>
> Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.
> ruthweiner@aol.com
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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 12:42:11 -0700
From: "tom_dixie" <tom_dixie@MSN.COM>
Subject: Re: I need contacts for Inst.
Mark,
More information is required.
How big is the floor?
How long has the radium been there?
Has the floor been resurfaced since the material was there?
Has the floor been painted?
What is the floor made of?
How much radium do you anticipate?
If you are using the large area gas flow proportional probes (239-1F) you
will need P-10 counting gas. I would recommend a suspension mechanism for
the probes (like a floor monitor).
Is the structure occupied?
Do you observe a radon buildup in the structure?
The MCA and NaI will only be of use if there is sufficient activity and may
cause confusion rather than allow for release.
The 2221 is a good instument but there are better for dealing with this
situation because the 2221 requires two counts and a voltage change to count
for alpha and beta.
The alpha emissions are easily masked and both alpha and beta emissions from
the surface should be measured.
Be sure to clean the surface (remove all probe destroying debris) before
using the large area probes.
Tom O'Dou
tom_dixie@msn.com
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From: "mark sasser" <duke99301@YAHOO.COM>
To: "RADSAFE" <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 11:47 AM
Subject: I need contacts for Inst.
>
> I need to rent some of the following items.
> I need to release a floor for radium.
> any ideas?
> thanks Mark Sasser RSO
>
> Two - 3 x 3 sodium iodide (Similar to Ludlum 44-20)
> Two - alpha hand held detectors (Similar to Ludlum
> 43-90)
> One - Multi-Channel Analyzer (MCA)
> Five - 2221 Scaler/rate meters
> Two - 500 cm Probes (Similar to Ludlum 239-1F)
> Extra windows for the monitors and alphas
>
>
> =====
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> at duke99301@yahoo.com
> you can also reach me at duke9930@concentric.net
>
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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 12:53:49 -0700
From: "Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: RE: two purposes
Hi Dave,
No, I always receive the original post and then all subsequent
replies.
I know that there is often a 1 to 1.5 hour delay between sending the
post and actually receiving it. This si all dependent on the host
server activity. On weekends, the response time is significantly
greater.
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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 23:50:00 +0200
From: "Franz Schoenhofer" <franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT>
Subject: Re: question about Vatican broadcasting
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I quote from an Austrian newspaper, about one or two weeks ago:
"The Italian Minister for Environment has repeated his threat to cut =
off power supply for Radio Vatican, if the Italian standards for =
electro-smog would not be met. ..................... Already two days =
before a court in Rome has started investigations because of negligent =
homicide against "unknown", because of an elevated number of leukemia =
cases. According to newspapers children in the vicinity of the antennas =
are affected up to six times more by leukemia than elsewhere."
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Minister for Environment declared, that he would order cutoff of power =
supply, if the Italian standards would not be met by May 12.=20
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radioactive, non-ionizing one) =3D leukemia. Radiation (nuclear, =
radioactive, non-ionizing one, UV) =3D cancer. Two-fold, six-fold, =
significant occurrance. Sources: Nuclear power plants, mobile phones, =
microwaves, reprocessing plants, the sun, cosmic rays.=20
I do not downplay serious risks at high doses, but it seems to have =
become a habit among certain groups and people, to attribute everything =
bad in our civilized world to something, which cannot be seen, smelled, =
heard. Are we really so far away from the Middle Ages, where everything =
negative was attributed to ghosts and devils? Does anybody know about =
psychological research on such topics? This is a serious question!!
Regards,
Franz
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</B>Sonntag, 08. April 2001 19:26<BR><B>Betreff: </B>question about =
Vatican=20
broadcasting<BR><BR></DIV></FONT><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT=20
color=3D#000080 size=3D2><B>Perhaps some RADSAFER -- =
especially perhaps a=20
European one -- could answer a <BR>question that came up this =
morning in an=20
article about the power of the <BR>Vatican radio and TV=20
transmitter.</B></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: =
5px"><FONT=20
face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT color=3D#000080=20
size=3D2><B></B></FONT></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: =
5px"><FONT=20
face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT color=3D#000080=20
size=3D2><B></B></FONT></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: =
5px"><STRONG><FONT=20
color=3D#000080 face=3DArial size=3D2>I have no information about =
units and=20
measurements, but <STRONG><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3DArial =
size=3D2>I think that=20
some RADSAFErs might be interested in the background of this story.=20
</FONT></STRONG></FONT></STRONG></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: =
5px"><STRONG><FONT=20
color=3D#000080 face=3DArial size=3D2><STRONG><FONT color=3D#000080 =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></STRONG></FONT></STRONG><FONT color=3D#000000 =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>I quote from an Austrian newspaper, about one or two weeks=20
ago:</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: =
5px"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>"The=20
Italian Minister for Environment has repeated his threat to cut off =
power=20
supply for Radio Vatican, if the Italian standards for electro-smog =
would=20
not be met. ..................... Already two days before a court in =
Rome=20
has started investigations because of negligent homicide against=20
"unknown", because of an elevated number of leukemia =
cases.=20
According to newspapers children in the vicinity of the antennas are =
affected up to six times more by leukemia than=20
elsewhere."</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: =
5px"><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2>Then follow sophisticated juridical =
considerations,=20
whether Italian legislation is applicable in matters of Radio =
Vatican. The=20
Italian Minister for Environment declared, that he would order =
cutoff of=20
power supply, if the Italian standards would not be met by May 12.=20
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: =
5px"><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: =
5px"><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2>Well, Radsafers, you recognize the pattern? =
Radiation=20
(nuclear, radioactive, non-ionizing one) =3D leukemia. Radiation =
(nuclear,=20
radioactive, non-ionizing one, UV) =3D cancer. Two-fold, six-fold, =
significant=20
occurrance. Sources: Nuclear power plants, mobile phones, =
microwaves,=20
reprocessing plants, the sun, cosmic rays. </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: =
5px"><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2>I do not downplay serious risks at high doses, =
but it=20
seems to have become a habit among certain groups and people, to =
attribute=20
everything bad in our civilized world to something, which cannot be =
seen,=20
smelled, heard. Are we really so far away from the Middle Ages, =
where=20
everything negative was attributed to ghosts and devils? Does =
anybody know=20
about psychological research on such topics? This is a serious=20
question!!</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: =
5px"><STRONG><FONT=20
color=3D#000080 face=3DArial size=3D2><STRONG><FONT color=3D#000080 =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>Regards,</FONT></STRONG></FONT></STRONG></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: =
5px"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Franz</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: =
5px"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000 face=3DArial =
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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 21:58:08 -0000
From: "Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Water whirlers etc
Several people asked me about the water whirlers - they are installed in the
water pipes so that the water passes through them before you use the water
(why not combine the mobile phone with the shower? - The shapes are
approximately the same - and the phone always rings when you are in the
shower - right? -Hey I could get a patent and a new career...).
You can see what the water whirler looks like at:
http://www.plusochminus.nu/produkt.htm
Sorry about all the Swedish but it is explained that the water is better for
drinking, for laundry, baking, shampoing, the fish in your aquarium and
"Etc". I like that last specified point: Etc.
As you can see there is an air whirler ("Luftvirvlare") as well.
For the cartoon with the cell phones:
Swedish word "UTAN" = English WITHOUT.
Swedish word "MED" = English "WITH".
"Plus & Minus-mössa" = A cap you can wear when you visit green houses.
Glasses and hearing aides may also need "balancing".
"Forskning" (=Research) at their website explains that tomatoes grow better
with whirled water but that they aren't allowed to use it in their
marketing.
My personal ideas and reflections only,
Bjorn Cedervall bcradsafers@hotmail.com
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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 14:20:13 +0500
From: "ishtiaq.hussain" <ishtiaq.hussain@AKU.EDU>
Subject: Survey Monitors
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Dear All,
Thank you all for replying to my email requesting info. on survey monitors.
Now I have another query.
Is it necessary or a standard practice to keep a radiation source for future
calibrations of the survey monitors in a hospital department.
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