AW: Widow Maker

["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 John Jacobus

Gesendet: Montag, 02. Februar 2004 22:15

An: Syd Levine (AnaLog); radsafe

Betreff: Re: Widow Maker





I think we went aroung this discussion before.

Besides radiation, thermal energy can cause burns and

kill people.



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Unfortunatley there is a lot of experience accumulated in research after the

Chernobyl accident.



Most of the persons killed were firefighters who were subject to deposition

of fission products like Sr-90/Y-90. The gamma-ray component would have been

very bad, but the so-called beta-burns from beta-emitters like Sr-90 were

deadly.



One should think of other aspects than dosimetric ones: Those people killed

by the radiation were fire-fighters, who were paid for intervening. I

seriously hope that no such sacrifices will be necessary in the future.



Best regards,



Franz





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