RE: request for help with Wikipedia article

["Riely, Brian P." <brian.riely@ngc.com>]

Hi Nathan



I have several master degrees (Math, Physics, EE) and a PhD in Physics and will be willing to write some articles for you.  My physics background is in the area of semiconductor laser physics, e.g., quantum cascade lasers and VCSELs.



Brian



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[mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu]On Behalf Of Nathan Russell

Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 10:03 AM

To: Michael McNaughton; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

Subject: Re: request for help with Wikipedia article





On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 07:33:07 -0600, Michael McNaughton

<mcnaught@lanl.gov> wrote:

> At 08:04 PM 08/25/2004, Nathan Russell wrote:

> >I'm an editor (and sysop) of the free Wikipedia encyclopedia -

> >http://en.wikipedia.org/ -

> 

> I find Wikipedia to be one of the most valuable resources on the internet

> for non-scientific subjects. On science, it is still growing. On health

> physics, it has barely begun. The subscribers to radsafe could make a very

> important contribution to Wikipedia. Please take a look at Wikipedia and

> learn more about it. The most amazing fact is how well the Wiki concept

> works; it restores my faith in humanity.



Thanks for the kind words.  We already have some content that I feel

is accurate (e.g. that LNT is not a good model), but on the Chernobyl

accident in particular - why does it seem like I can't find any

figures for the amount of activity released that are even close to

each other?



I've seen figures for the total from 2 to 12 EBq, and around 2-3 for

Cs137 alone.  Is it safe to assume that Cs137 is the majority of the

remaining activity?  I assume some C14 was generated in the moderator,

and a great deal of that made it into the atmosphere, but is that not

a significant source of contamination?

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