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RE : Patients trigger border radiation alarms
Is it just me? I feel that we are missing THE important point about
terrorism, i.e causing TERROR ?
If the main goal for terrorists is to cause TERROR instead of giving DOSES,
there is many radioisotopes that can do the job...Of course, having portal
monitors is basically inducing a certain "due diligence" factor in the US
Gov mind, basically saying to their people: "We are doing something..."
My opinion on a very slippery topic...(Nation security)
Stéphane Jean-François, Eng., CHP
Spécialiste en radioprotection/Health Physics specialist
Gestion des risques/Risk Management
Centre de recherche thérapeutique de Merck Frosst/Merck Frosst Center for
Therapeutic Research
514-428-8695
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De : owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
[mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu] De la part de John Jacobus
Envoyé : Tuesday, May 11, 2004 1:04 PM
À : JDNUKE52@AOL.COM; John Jacobus; tgi@cit.bg; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Objet : Re: Patients trigger border radiation alarms
How about if the terrorist spray innocent individuals
with a radionuclide like Tc-99m before they to an
airport? Do you think that would be disruptive
enough? Do you think it is necessary to have a large
amount of radioactive material, or just enough to
start "bells and whistles" sounding? That would put
fear in the minds of people.
You are limiting your thinking to just transporting
source material.
--- JDNUKE52@aol.com wrote:
> John
>
> In my opinion a terrorist would shield the device
> while transporting it just so it would not be
> detected. why dose everyone think these people are
> stupid i can assure you their not .also people like
> to think that a device would be rad , Chem.or Bio.
> well it might be all combined I'm sure they know
> that the RAM would be use only as a fear part of the
> actual device . of course this is my personal
> opinion.
>
> Jim Dykes
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"We cannot escape danger, or the fear of danger, by crawling into bed and
pulling the covers over our heads."
-- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
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