Re: "positive" news reporting on Yucca Mountain & transportationaccidents

[Muckerheide <muckerheide@attbi.com>]

I'm not so grateful to Smith. We see how we consider poor reporting to be

"positive" just because it isn't completely dishonest. "Positive" is

relative. If there's million to 1 chance that an SNF shipment could

incinerate the world, then 900 (or 2700, no difference) shipments with NO

effects is not reassuring.



An actual "positive" report would be to say, "If there were an extreme

event, it would be a big yawn!"



Regards, Jim





on 7/10/02 3:54 PM, RuthWeiner@AOL.COM at RuthWeiner@AOL.COM wrote:



> 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

> 



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