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Re: AW: New Dirty Bomb study
Dear Franz,
Thank you very much for your message and the mention of my activities in
Goiania.
To all,
In fact I managed the response in Goiania as general coordinator and I was
there since the begin, with active participation in all the response phases.
Soon, I have to return to Goiania, where I spent there, living there, for
about 3 years to organize the post accident phase.
Goiania was not a RDD - Categorically I affirm this and few decision makers
know the complexity of Goiania better than me!
In fact currently, because Goiania it is always mentioned as example on what
could be happen in case of a RDD, I am writing a paper and I have selected
the title:
"Radiological Accident in Goiania x RDD: Similarities and Differences" to be
presented in any International Congress or Conference or even Seminar to
discuss The Lessons of Goiania to be considered in case of an Emergency
Response due a RDD - all kind of lessons (political, economical, social,
psychological, media and technical). I do believe the presentation of these
lessons of Goiania will be of great value to Regulatory Authorities and to
those dealing with decisions, especially when you have no time to discuss,
and have to act.
A question to discuss is: Could a RDD be worst than Goiania?
Yes or Not or Yes and Not give rise to questions concerning the reasons and
directions.
Finally, 16 years after Goiania and until now there are many lessons to be
learned about
Jose Julio Rozental
joseroze@netvision.net.il
Israel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Franz Schoenhofer" <franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT>
To: "Gerry Blackwood" <gpblackwood@justice.com>
Cc: <Clayton.Bradt@LABOR.STATE.NY.US>; <radsafe-digest@list.vanderbilt.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 10:15 PM
Subject: AW: AW: New Dirty Bomb study
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> 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.
>
> -------------------------
> 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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