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Re: Deadly Waste

 
Brian -
Do I get a salary for being 'your' spokesman? ;-)
As to your question, its not an area that, outside of what I read on radsafe, I'm that familiar with. I would agree that there
appear to be times when the standards are set too low. On the other hand, I'd rather err on the side of caution in setting those standards. So I guess a terse "no comment" is where I'll have to be on this one.

norm

Brian Keele wrote:

 Norm:  As our spokesman for the radical movement, what is your opinion regarding spending several billion dollars to remediate retired facilities and contaminated land to ultra low standards? Regulators:  How can you justify such ultra-low standards when there are so many real problems in the world that could be fixed for a whole lot less money? Brian Keele Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 07:08:09 -0700
From: "Michael Stabin" <michael.g.stabin@vanderbilt.edu>
Subject: Re: Deadly Waste

> >
> > Looks like all Nevada residents are now doomed.
>

Actually, all Americans are also doomed. Anyone who may get a medical
examination involving DEADLY radiation is doomed (collective dose in the US
about 130,000 person-Sv per year). Anyone who lives for any length of time
bathed in this sea of DEADLY background radiation is doomed. Anyone who eats
a banana chock full of DEADLY radioactivity (K-40, half-life 1.3 BILLION
years, gamma ray energy 1.5 MILLION electron volts) giving off DEADLY
radiat! io! n will be lucky to make it through to the weekend. Just entering a
grocery store, where large quantities of unshielded bananas are routinely
stored, is probably enough to do you in. We need a Chiquita Mountain
project, and soon.

Mike


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