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"NOVA dramatizes two scenarios based on sophisticated models
developed by a team of radiation experts, including Michael Levi, the director
of the Strategic Security Project at the Federation of American
Scientists."
.....of
course you realise, that once something is "dramatized" on TV, it becomes "fact"
to the public.
"Experts have already learned from previous accidents about
what to expect. In Goianas, Brazil, in 1988, there was a radiation contamination
incident where a small quantity of radioactive cesium chloride brought in by
scrap metal merchants led to four deaths and an enormous cleanup effort.
Decontamination took six months and generated an astonishing five thousand cubic
meters of radioactive waste."
....this is
misleading. In fact the quantity of radioactive material was about the largest
any would-be terrorist could hope get their hands on. Moreover, because there
was no explosion and because of the ignorance of the thieves in Goiania, the for
deaths were simply the result of them contaminating themselves severely with the
pure substance, and not washing off the contamination until it was discovered by
others, days later. Much worse than any "dirty bomb" attack.
Finally,
while the Goiania decontamination work mentioned by NOVA may have been
"astonishing," it certainly did NOT "cost billions, and
potentially trillions, of dollars."
What we have
here is "astonishing" propaganda !
Jaro
----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Vincent
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 5:19 PM
Subject: [MbrExchange] Re: PBS feature stories - DIRTY BOMB - Feb.
25 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NOVA EXPLORES SCENARIOS FOR A "DIRTY BOMB" ATTACK AND THE INEVITABLE QUESTION IN THE AFTERMATH: WHAT DO WE DO NOW? NOVA PRESENTS DIRTY BOMB Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 8 PM ET on PBS www.pbs.org/nova/dirtybomb Visit NOVA's Dirty Bomb companion Web site at www.pbs.org/nova/dirtybomb for a timeline about the history of dirty bombs as well as an interview with an expert on how the U.S. plans to defend itself against the dirty bomb threat. Executive producer: Paula S. Apsell Produced for NOVA by Kirk Wolfinger and Matthew Collins Produced for the BBC by Kim Shillinglaw A BBC/WGBH Boston co-production. January 2003 Press contacts Jonathan S. Renes Diane Buxton Senior Publicist, NOVA Publicist, NOVA 617-300-4427 617-300-4274 jonathan_renes@wgbh.org diane_buxton@wgbh.org |