AW: db photos - opinion pls

["Franz Schoenhofer" <franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT>]

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[mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu]Im Auftrag von Norman Cohen

Gesendet: Freitag, 22. November 2002 04:10

An: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

Betreff: db photos - opinion pls









Paul Blanch wrote:



> The NRC has posted some photos of the boron on the bottom of the DB

> reactor. One photo can be viewed at the following web site.



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Being a chemist, I would like somebody to explain to me, how the boric acid

(which is to my knowledge used as a neutron capturing compound in reactor

technology) has been reduced to boron and furthermore being deposited at the

bottom of a reactor. Boron is a "metal". Boric acid is a chemical compound.



If persons are not even able to distinguish between "metallic" boron and

boric acid they should refrain from telling us about the difference of nSv

and pSv per year and the associated risks as well as of dangers of nuclear

energy generation.



Franz





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