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AW: AW: New Dirty Bomb study
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Von: Gerry Blackwood [mailto:gpblackwood@justice.com]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. Jänner 2004 19:17
An: franz.schoenhofer@chello.at
Cc: Clayton.Bradt@LABOR.STATE.NY.US; radsafe-digest@list.vanderbilt.edu
Betreff: Re: AW: New Dirty Bomb study
Franz, maybe things as reported are really not what
they purported to be. It would not be the first time.
Back in 87 there were a flurry of reports on this
incident and one in Bogota. I am sure you have much
better sources than I do.
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The sources for the Goiania accident are accessable for anybody. One of the
best sources - or rather the best source - is Jose Julio Rozental, who has
not only been the leading figure in the evaluation of this accident, but
also is a very frequent contributor to RADSAFE. Yes, I had the privilege to
meet him personally - but only many years after I met others who were
involved in the evaluation and I read scientific reports about it. The IAEA
has published reports not only on Goiania, but also on many other accidents
with radioactive material from abandoned sources - and, believe me, there is
such a lot, which does not make it to the mass media. For the mass media
only potential disasters are of interest in connection with "nuclear" or
"radioactivity", when real people are hurt or killed in accidents, no paper
is interested, no TV-shows are organized. I did not read, hear or see
anything on the Goiania accident in Austrian mass media. The same - or at
most a few lines on page 27 - is true for all other accidents, the fatal and
lethal ones included.
The IAEA is struggling for better protection of sources and offering help
with expertise to member states.
I do not know, where your "informations" come from, but as a rule you can be
sure, that mass media or statements of certain politicians are not reliable
sources on such topics. Neither are studies financied by state agencies,
political parties or movements, lobbies or interest groups which have an
interest on a certain outcome reliable. At least they have to be checked
very carefully.
Best regards,
Franz
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