Re: Nova - Dirty Bombs - Who is their expert - FYI

[John Andrews <andrewsjp@chartertn.net>]

J. J. Rozental wrote:



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>If you consider response  for developed countries like USA, that have enough

>equipment and personal, material resources, economic resources, medical

>support and Waste Repository to transfer the waste generated, the technical

>response is not the more complex problem. If you consider developing

>countries or even those  with good level for technical response, the

>situation is completely different, taking into account the capacity of each.

>Not only technical response was the main aspect of Goiania's radiological

>accident, but also the management of conflicts - social, psychological,

>political, economic, and misunderstanding problems had to be faced in

>Goiania. Of these, stigmatization and discrimination against the victims and

>against the main products of the city (state).  -  No dear colleagues, it is

>not only the technical response to deal with during an accident, but rather

>all the above mentioned conflicts present lessons that must be analyzed   to

>improve  safety culture and experience to be shared.

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>Jose de Julio Rozental

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My thought while reading this is that perhaps we should ignore the 

radioactivity of the dirty bomb. I mean hide the reality of the 

radioactivity from the general population!  The bomb can do local damage 

and the radioactivity will do little real damage even over the lifetime 

of the exposed individuals.  If they are never told of the 

radioactivity, then the psychological trauma will never occur.  What 

would happen if we did not look for radioactivity or radiation?  What 

would happen if we took our readings and called them all zero to the 

press and the government controllers?  Would we all not be better off in 

the long run.  The Soviet Union did this in Chelybinsk!  Of course that 

was a MAJOR release.  But they did not tell anyone about it for what, 25 

years!  Nor do most people in the US, or the world for that matter, know 

anything about that event.  Perhaps this would be a better way to handle 

the dirty bomb scenario.



Just a thought.



John Andrews

Knoxville, Tennessee



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