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RE: fear
Ruth,
At the time of these incidences, the public and authorities did not know how
the accidents would folded. TMI I think would be a good example. The way
the contamination of the mail is being handled. We can say now that the
doses were low or none existent. But that is that old hindsight problem,
again.
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
3050 Traymore Lane
Bowie, MD 20715-2024
E-mail: jenday1@email.msn.com (H)
-----Original Message-----
From: Ruth Sponsler [mailto:jk5554@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 3:31 PM
To: Jacobus, John (OD/ORS); radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: fear
. . .
The fear at Three Mile Island was completely
unjustified (way less than 1 BERT; if I remember
correctly, less than 1 chest x-ray), as was
evacuations of areas below 1 BERT at Chernobyl. The
evacuations of areas 2-12 BERT are really debatable,
as that involves the current occupational dose range.
[Assume that 1 BERT = 360 mrem. 12 BERT = 4,320 mrem,
less than the legal occupational limit but close to
common administrative limits at facilities].
. . .
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