Re: Reactor Containments and Terrorist Attacks

[Michael McNaughton <mcnaught@LANL.GOV>]

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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