AW: [ RadSafe ] Bicycle accident or collaps of the civilization(radioactive leaks)

[Franz Schönhofer]

Björn,

I read both Expressen, Aftonbladet and sr.se and think that their messages
are surprisingly objective, compared with what Austrian papers would have
written. This has to be seen also with regard to the fact that the two
papers do not have the best reputation......

What does not become clear from the links, is, where the effluent originated
from. Was it from a storage of liquid waste? Was it from a repository (what
the sr.se might suggest)? I have hard to believe, that the repository would
be filled with water, which even more could easily escape to the sea and
would be measured far below the sea level. 
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I just took a look at Dagens Nyheter, which is a much better reputed Swedish
paper and the facts given there seem believable: Drainage water from a
repository is collected in a tank and there elevated levels of Cs-137 have
been measured. The total amount of such water collected per year is about
ten to twelve m3. Since the concentrations are so low, it is possible to
dispose of the water directly in the environment. So there is no leak to the
environment. 

Best regards,

Franz 


Franz Schoenhofer
PhD, MR iR
Habicherg. 31/7
A-1160 Vienna
AUSTRIA
phone -43-0699-1168-1319


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] Im
> Auftrag von Bjorn Cedervall
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 29. Juni 2005 15:50
> An: radsafe at radlab.nl
> Betreff: [ RadSafe ] Bicycle accident or collaps of the
> civilization(radioactive leaks)
> 
> >The comment by George Stanford reminded me of a quote attributed to
> George
> >Bernard Shaw:
> >"A newspaper is an institution that can't tell the difference between a
> >bicycle accident and the
> >collapse of a civilization."
> 
> The quotation above matches some Swedish headlines today. "Radioactive
> leaks
> from Forsmark nuclear power plant to the Baltic Sea" etc. Real news is
> that
> some barrels in a waste depository have leaked a few cubic meters with a
> total of the order of 6-7 MBq (according to the best estimate I could
> get).
> The estimated dose to the environment will thus be increased (due to
> releases) from around 1xE-8 mSv to 1xE-7 mSv. Major newspapers, radio and
> TV
> stations are making some money on this today.
> If any of the above is wrong I will correct it ASAP.
> 
> Links (examples) to some media for those who understand Swedish:
> http://www.expressen.se/index.jsp?a=307913
> http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,666091,00.html
> http://www.tv4.se (click on WEBB-TV => "High radioactivity at Forsmark")
> http://www.sr.se/ekot/
> 
> My personal action and reflections only,
> 
> Bjorn Cedervall    bcradsafers at hotmail.com
> 
> 
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