Re: "positive" news reporting on Yucca Mountain & transportation accidents

[RuthWeiner@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 7/10/02 11:10:09 AM Mountain Daylight Time, sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET writes:



> However, Mr. Smith then stated that 
>
> there have been around 900 shipments of high level waste in this 
>
> country and there has not been one incident. THAT is positive 
>
> reporting!


Why does everybody get this number screwed up?  Not that I'm not grateful to Smith, but the CORRECT numbers are:


2700 SNF shipments since 1970

90 Type B SNF casks in accidents or incidents

No release of radioactive material.



Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.

ruthweiner@aol.com