Re: Federal Guidance Report No. 11

["Jerry Cohen" <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET>]

Bill,

    You give some excellent examples of the problem. But, are the cases you

present a

manifestation of "lack of trust", or could they be due to unreasoned fear

based on ignorance.

If  it is "lack of trust", what did the nuclear industry do to deserve it,

and how do you think the problem might be rectified?





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

From: William V Lipton <liptonw@DTEENERGY.COM>

To: <hflong@postoffice.pacbell.net>

Cc: <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 4:25 AM

Subject: Re: Federal Guidance Report No. 11





> Obviously, you have not heard of:

>

> Three Mile Island - There was no excessive dose to the public, yet nearly

fatal consequences for the nuclear industry.  Why?  I'd say a loss of trust.

>

> Shoreham - Even though the reactor was built to applicable standards, the

people of Long Island wouldn't let it run.  From the statements I heard at

the

> time, the average Long Islander would sooner have his first born son crawl

across the Long Island Expressway at rush hour than let Shoreham run.  Lack

> of trust?  (Please don't try to be the victim by blaming the media,

Christie Brinkley, Mario Cuomo, the tooth fairy, etc.  They wouldn't have

been

> listened to if there weren't an underlying lack of trust.)

>

> Rancho Seco - The owners (the voters of the Sacramento Municipal Utilities

District) voted to shut down the plant, even though it had fixed it's

> problems.  A loss of trust?  (CA could sure have used a few hundred extra

megawatts, last year.)

>

> BNL - High Flux Beam Reactor - A fuel pool leak resulted in a tritium

plume.  There was virtually zero dose to the public, yet political pressure

forced

> DOE to close the facility, with a severe economic impact on the local

area.  Loss of trust?

>

> Yucca Mountain - Why is NV so dead set against this huge economic benefit

which has been demonstrated to have virtually no environmental impact?. (It

is

> difficult to imagine how any activity short of more weapons detonations

could make NTS any worse than it already is.)  Lack of trust?

> ...

>

> The opinions expressed are strictly mine.

> It's not about dose, it's about trust.

> Let's look at the real problem, for a change.

>

> Bill Lipton

> liptonw@dteenergy.com

>

>

> hflong@postoffice.pacbell.net wrote:

>

> > Bill,

> > Your statement, "It's not about dose, its about trust."

> > is incorrect. If you know that and repeat it, ----.

> >

> > Dose is everything in medicine

> > (life or death).

> > Likewise with radiation - also now a medicine, which HP's can help

individualize.

> >

> > Howard Long

> >

> >

>

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