Dateline article on TMI

[AndrewsJP@AOL.COM]

To: Dateline@NBC.com


Re: Your Dateline docudrama about TMI


Fair and balanced... NOT!  Pure scare! Why are you writing this story and 

telling only the scary part? I worked for Catalytic, the company doing the 

completion of construction on Unit 2 at the time of the accident.  I was the 

Corporate Health Physicist in Philadelphia at that time. Some of my HP crew 

was on the site. Some of what you say is true, especially the lack of 

communication.  What you didn't say about the results of the accident and the 

actions that followed it need to be said just as loudly. 


Based on the final analysis of the accident and the results of the release 

and effects of the cleanup of the site, it seems that the safety systems 

worked.  The releases were minimal --  truly minimal. So, what is the purpose 

of retelling only the accident scenario when the lessons learned are the rest 

of the story.  Is it political?  I fear so.


Here is a suggestion.  Write up the scenario of the accident in Chelyabinsk 

in the Urals in 1957.  That one is a real eye-opener.  I worked on that one 

too!


John Andrews

Knoxville, Tennessee