[ RadSafe ] Review faults Sandia risk assessments

[John Jacobus]

Unless they are occupational workers, aren't they
members of the public?

--- RuthWeiner at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 2/27/2005 10:54:29 AM Mountain
> Standard Time, 
> sandyfl at earthlink.net writes:
> The December assessment of safety analyses found
> deficiencies in the 
> lab's evaluation for Sandia's pulsed reactor
> facility - specifically, 
> the team found it "not credible" that people at a
> nearby golf course 
> or stables could be evacuated in time to avoid
> plumes of hazardous 
> material that might be released
> Just to set everyne straight:  the golf course and
> stables (the latter now 
> unused) are well within the boundaries of Kirtland
> AFB, which is a closed base 
> (you need a badge to get in the gate).  The only
> people using the golf course 
> are Sandians and Air Force and retirees of those two
> agencies.  There is no 
> public access or residence within miles of these
> facilities, or within miles of 
> the pulsed power reactor either.
> 
> Ruth
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Ruth F. Weiner, Ph. D.
> ruthweiner at aol.com
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-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com


		
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