Re: Ship detained for radiation

[Muckerheide <muckerheide@attbi.com>]

Good instruments. Defective brains! :-)



Regards, Jim





on 9/16/02 12:48 PM, Susan L Gawarecki at loc@icx.net wrote:



> Speaking for myself, this may well have been an overreaction due to the

> coincidence with the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks; however, I am

> mightily impressed that our government can detect such low-level

> radiation in shipping containers.  This should give an increased comfort

> level to the US populace as well as put potential nuclear terrorists on

> alert that the US is up to the task of identifying suspect ships and

> finding nuclear materials.

> 

> I know we are not 100% perfect, but this is still a great demonstration

> of our country's capabilities in this area.

> 

> --Susan Gawarecki

> 

>> I'm not entirely sure that the Mothers for Peace and Coalition for Peace

>> Justice and Butterflies would had much to do with the kneejerk reaction of

>> calling in Special Forces and federal officials to handle low-energy NORM

>> clay tiles.  I thought Jersey had a office of radiation control.  Ah well.

>> 



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