AW: "Clean, Safe Natural Gas" 234 Dead in China

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

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Von: owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

[mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu]Im Auftrag von Stewart Farber

Gesendet: Montag, 05. Jänner 2004 02:01

An: Radsafe

Betreff: "Clean, Safe Natural Gas" 234 Dead in China





Radsafe:

On the subject of comparative fuel cycle risk assessment here is a link

which may be of interest to some. If not interested just delete it. A new

"data" point on mortality from the natural gas fuel cycle. 234 killed in

China by toxic gas cloud. Operator error & mistaken removal of a pressure

operated valve leading to blowout and deaths over a wide area.



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Anybody interested in background information???



The Chinese disaster described in the link provided is due to

hydrogensulfide emitted by the described accident. This information was

available since many days in European News, but has not been mentioned in

this US-media-release of the link provided. Hydrogenesulfide is a very toxic

gas, which poisons the nervous system. That it did not make it to the US

media and as can be seen from this message not even describing the real

cause of the disaster, is just another stone in the puzzle, that US media do

not care for any disasters outside the USA border, affecting non-US citizens

in developing countries.



Nevertheless: What are 234 killed Chinese, compared to the potential

disasters of nuclear power????



Flames to be directed to me personally, serious comments of common

interested might be welcomed to RADSAFE.



Best regards, best wishes for the New Year!



Franz





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