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RE: Missing Exit Signs



I wonder if I would want the media to determine what

is news or not news, harmful or not harmful to the

public.  I would prefer to have different elements

i.e., the New York Times verses the Washington Post, 

present different views of a subject. 



--- "Flanigan, Floyd" <Floyd.Flanigan@nmcco.com>

wrote:

> 10 cool points to Harry for having the most Greek

> sounding last name I have ever heard. I have a great

> admiration for their culture and envy all who occupy

> the Greek Isles. Oh yah....thanx for the

> concurrance. If only the media could be made to

> understand the harm they sometimes do.....but then

> again, that would be assuming it would bother them

> in the first place.

> 

> Floyd W. Flanigan B.S.Nuc.H.P.

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

> [mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu]On Behalf

> Of Anagnostopoulos,

> Harry W.

> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 9:24 AM

> To: 'John Jacobus'; Jaro; Radsafe

> Subject: RE: Missing Exit Signs

> 

> 

> True, but terrorist bombings are often followed by

> phone calls to the media

> claiming responsibility.

> 

> I imagine that the message might include the idea

> that a deadly radioactive

> element was in the bomb, and that the responders

> cannot detect it! I'd guess

> that the media would run with it w/o checking the

> facts, leading to the fear

> and panic.

> 

> My ramblings only.

> 

>

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: owner-radsafe@list.Vanderbilt.Edu

> [mailto:owner-radsafe@list.Vanderbilt.Edu]On Behalf

> Of John Jacobus

> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 7:14 AM

> To: Jaro; Radsafe

> Subject: RE: Missing Exit Signs

> 

> 

> I would think that the purpose of a radiological

> dispersion device is to creat fear an panic.  If the

> first responsers could not detect the radionuclide,

> i.e., tritium in any form, because they were using

> GM

> or exposure rate meters, the terrorist would have

> lost

> the edge in creating panic.

> 

> --- Jaro <jaro-10kbq@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> > Franz wrote:

> > I would say, that trying to use tritium exit signs

> > as an RDD, is ridiculous.

> > If they were of the type I know - filled with

> > gaseous HT - sure no cleanup

> > would be necessary and would not cost a single

> cent,

> > because within a few

> > minutes all of this gas would have been dispersed

> > and diluted to ambient

> > levels. There would be no mess <SNIP>

> > 

> > I wonder about that -- presumably an RDD involves

> > some sort of explosion.

> > Wouldn't that cause at least some part of the HT

> to

> > burn and form HTO ?

> > While most of that would also disperse as vapour,

> > some might also cause a

> > mess.... any guesses how much ?

> > By the way, a colleague pointed out that the 55 Ci

> > in the exit signs would

> > by now have decayed to 25 Ci, due to 14 years of

> > decay (12.3 yr half-life).

> > 

> >  Jaro

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

> > 

> > 

> >

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