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RE: Anyone know about this?
Was there a sign on the door that indicated
radioactive material was stored or used in the room?
Were the firefighters trained that such a sign might
mean there meters would alarm?
Around here the first responders have meters set to
alarm at 10 mrem. Do you think that is too low?
--- Wesley <wesvanpelt@att.net> wrote:
> Barbara, Eric and Fellow Radsafers,
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> I read the newspaper article on the false radiation
> alarm. (see link below.)
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> We should look at this from the perspective of a
> public official charged
> with protecting citizens. It seems that they
> responded quite well to the
> situation:
>
> 1. Smoke or haze in a room where radiation was also
> detected.
> 2. Tell people within 3 (10?) blocks to close doors
> and turn off A/C
> units ("shelter in place")
> 3. The all-clear was announced within 2 hours. (Not
> bad timing for an
> emergency radiological detection, response, public
> notice and final
> evaluation.)
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> Could we have done better?
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> What would you have done differently?
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> Best regards,
>
> Wes
>
> Wesley R. Van Pelt, PhD, CIH, CHP
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> <http://home.att.net/~wesvanpelt/Radiation.html>
> Wesley R. Van Pelt
> Associates, Inc.
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>
>
> _____
>
> From: owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> [mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu] On Behalf
> Of Hill, Eric D
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 11:21 PM
> To: 'Cehn@aol.com'; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> Subject: RE: Anyone know about this?
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> False alarm.
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http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/home/article/0,1651,TCP_996_3500728,00.html
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