RE: Ruth; Otto; Mark Miller; Brian K; Bob Flood: Jaro: John J

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

This "study" borders on what I would expect from a

grade school science fair without adult supervision.



--- "Franta, Jaroslav" <frantaj@AECL.CA> wrote:

> Norm Cohen wrote :

> 

> Whether an area was heavy with fallout or not, sr90

> should still decline at

> the 29 year rate. 

> <SNIP>

> 

> OK, lets try this with some numbers (apologies to

> Jerry for my head-banging)

> :

> 

> Following atmospheric weapons testing in the 50s &

> 60s, area "A" gets 2

> curies of Sr90 and area "B" gets 8 curies.

> 

> After one halflife (29 years) area "A" is left with

> 1 curie and area "B" is

> left with 4 curies.

> 

> Now TFP comes along and says that Sr90 fallout from

> bomb testing has left 1

> curie of contamination in every area, but their

> teeth analyses have

> determined that in area "B", which has a nuclear

> plant, there is 4 curies of

> Sr90.

> Therefore they claim that there are 3 curies of

> extra contamination due to

> the nuke plant.

> 

> Got it ?

> 

> Now it might be very interesting to check the Sr90

> levels in the vicinity of

> nuclear plants in the southern hemisphere -- like

> Embalse NPP in Argentina

> or Koeberg NPP in South Africa -- then the TFP folks

> would have to explain

> how nuke plants suck up Sr90 from the environment,

> leaving it with less

> contamination than their reference value :-)

> 

> Jaro 

> 

>

http://www.cns-snc.ca/branches/quebec/quebec_main.html

> 





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-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com



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