Re: pstd -- another question

[RuthWeiner@AOL.COM]

Some time ago, Norman Cohen volunteered to answer my question about the use of the term "mobile Chernobyl" to describe spent nuclear fuel and radioactive materials transportation.  The question (paraphrased):


Do you, or does your organization, use this term in this way, and if you do, what is the basis for this use?


This question actually dovetails into the ongoing discussion about post-traumatic stress:


Would calling transportation of spent nuclear fuel "mobile Chernobyl"  either cause traumatic stress to those living along the transportation routes  or cause post-traumatic stress disorder?

  

Transportation of spent nuclear fuel is not, and cannot be, "mobile Chernobyl."  This is a total, egregious mischaracterization.  The phrase is used, and reiterated, by a number of anti-nuclear groups.  I would be happy to explain WHY it is a mischaracterization, but I believe RADSAFERs know why.  If anyone doesn't, please let me know.


My question is real adn straightforward, and I would like to know what everyone thinks.  


Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.

ruthweiner@aol.com