RE: " U.N. Studies Chernobyl Aftermath "

["Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)" <jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov>]

Bill,

Good response.  We really need to talk to people about their concerns, real

or imagined, and not the technical issues.  We seem to be focusing on

assessing the damage and body counts.   I think if we focused on health care

(both medical and mental), creation of jobs and training, the local citizens

will view their lives in the shadow of the Chernobyl reactor accident

differently.  I do not think living in poverty and taking welfare has

improved any persons life.



-- John 



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

From: William V Lipton [mailto:liptonw@DTEENERGY.COM]

Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 7:10 AM

To: maury

Cc: Franta, Jaroslav; Radsafe (E-mail)

Subject: Re: " U.N. Studies Chernobyl Aftermath "



You folks still don't get it.  It's not whether Chernobyl killed 2000, 8000,

30000, or "only" 100.  To argue body counts is, at best, insensitive, and

does nothing to convince the public of our ability to properly manage

nuclear technology.



Chernobyl was a human and technological disaster.  Let's accept that, learn

from it, and make sure we never even come close to a recurrence.

. . .

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