Re: Reactor Containments and Terrorist Attacks

["Jack Earley" <jearley@enercon.com>]

Yes, I should have said "plant personnel and fire fighters"; the relevant

information is that the public needs to understand that even in Chernobyl,

they weren't at significant risk (and I use the term "significant" only to

indicate awareness of some people's emotions). I think it was in context of

the Japanese apartment building contamination that someone indicated that a

nuclear accident would likely be medically beneficial to people outside of

the plant itself. Of course, if they stress about it, I suppose they could

lose more than they gain.



Jack Earley

Radiological Engineer



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----- Original Message -----

From: "Michael McNaughton" <mcnaught@lanl.gov>

To: "Jack Earley" <jearley@enercon.com>; "Ted Rockwell" <tedrock@CPCUG.ORG>;

"Franz Schoenhofer" <franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT>; "Norman Cohen"

<ncohen12@HOME.COM>; <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: October 10, 2001 2:22 p.m.

Subject: Re: Reactor Containments and Terrorist Attacks





> At 01:50 PM 10/10/01 -0500, Jack Earley wrote:

> ><<And we should also keep repeating until people tire of it, that

Chernobyl

> >killed 30 people, not 30,000 (see UNSCEAR 2000).>>

> >

> >Just one clarification--those (34) people were firefighters, not members

of

> >the general public.

>

> Only 6 or 7 of them were firefighters. The others were reactor operators,

> electricians, and engineers who were on shift at the time. The

firefighters

> who died were all members of the first crew to arrive. They were on the

> roof for several hours, from a few minutes after the explosion until about

> dawn. Most of the activity is short lived, so the first to arrive were

> exposed to the highest dose rates.

>

> mike

> Mike McNaughton

> Los Alamos National Lab.

> email: mcnaught@LANL.gov or mcnaughton@LANL.gov

> phone: (505)667-6130

>

>



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