Re: A "dirty bomb" question

[William V Lipton <liptonw@DTEENERGY.COM>]

This sounds suspiciously like, "Perception is reality."  Telling people

that there's no danger for ALMOST [emphasis mine] all scenarios is NOT

reassuring.



BTW, the "radioactive Boy Scout" used smoke detector sources and Al foil

to create a neutron source, which he used to generate fissile U-233 from

Th-232 in lantern mantles.



The opinions expressed are strictly mine.

It's not about dose, it's about trust.

Curies forever.



Bill Lipton

liptonw@dteenergy.com



RuthWeiner@AOL.COM wrote:



> If we keep telling people they will panic, then they may very well.

> Why don't we start now telling them that for almost all conceivable

> dirty bomb scenarios there is no reason to panic (I can't think of one

> where there is).  In fact, panic is never something to promote, so why

> are we doing it?

>

> Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.

> ruthweiner@aol.com