Re: Indian Scientists Use Radiation to Cure Flatulence

[Norman Cohen <ncohen12@comcast.net>]

Dear Ruth

I have stated before and will state again that I support nuclear

medicine. Xrays, MRI's, and Catscans have helped both me and my kids -

we've all had surgery for an inherited condition call familial multiple

exotoses, basically cartiledge/bone spurs that can grow in the wrong

place. I support the use of radiation in medicine. Doctors should have

all options available to them.



I have not made up my mind about food irradiation, though I would tend

to oppose it for now. I'd like long term studies

looking at what might happen if one ate irrdadiated food continually

over many years. Its not an issue I've looked at in any depth.



Paul L sent you NIRS's webpage explaining Mobil Chern. I would stand by

NIRS's explanation.



As far as replacing nukes with alternatives - you won't like my answer,

but its the same one I've posted before - its a matter of political

will. I'm looking at phasing nukes out over some time period like 20

years, and phasing in alternatives. IEER and UCS both have detailed

proposals on this issue, and I defer to their expertise.



Of course, if we shutdown all the nukes tomorrow, there would be major

problems. Thats why I support a phase out, starting with the worse

clunkers, like IP2, Oyster Creek, the 2 salems.



Hope this helps. Sorry you don't like my lame attempts at humor. Life it

too darn short to be serious all the time.



Peace

Norm



RuthWeiner@AOL.COM wrote:



> Mike's last post is absolutely on target, and I can personally speak

> to the benefits of a bone scan (30 mCi Tc-99 injected).

>

> I just add (short rant) that I have never received straightforward

> answers to my questions about "Mobile Chernobyl" etc.  The scientific

> advisors used by anti-nuclear groups like UCS have not provided

> straightforward answers, whether deliberately or what, I cannot tell.

> Norman Cohen: since you have contact with a number of these groups,

> can you get me a straightforward answer to the question of whether

> groups including UCS, Critical Mass, UNPLUG Salem, use "mobile

> Chernobyl" and if so, why?  PLEASE, no snide remarks, nothing to be

> funny, no "oh it's just a slogan" type response, nothing cute, nothing

> "friendly," just a straightforward answer.

>

> In fact, I challenge these groups to say what their actual purpose is,

> in the long term, and what they hope to achieve, and what they will do

> when they achieve it.  Norman Cohen: do your groups favor stopping the

> use of radionuclides in medicine?  stopping food irradiation?

> eliminating smoke detectors?  what do you plan to substitute for the

> 20% of the U.S. electricity now produced by nuclear plants?  For that

> last:  please be specific: where are you going to put the wind farms

> and solar power plants (at about 50 acres/MW installed capacity)?

> Conservation?  I don't think so.  A 15% cutback means 24 hours a week

> without electricity, and not just 24 hours while one is asleep.

>

> Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.

> ruthweiner@aol.com



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