Trinity Site

[JMUCKERHEIDE@delphi.com]

Lisa,

Can you put your existing "best info/experience" from your "Trinity Site Tour" 
on a WWW site? Perhaps Bruce Busby or other existing site would help
set-up/host it in addition to linking to it. Organize it to reflect the best
experience that you have from the response of showing people the actual
physical and historical places, artifacts, and people (without making a lot of 
too-large graphics and non-specific photographs); and provide the educational
'walk-through' materials to reflect the practical exercises and the
data/information/stories that provide context and background, especially
comparing practical radioactivity and radiation in nature, consumer products,
and medicine, and compare to radiation limits and exposures. 

I'd be interested in contributing more specifics, as would many others I'm
sure, eg Paul Frame, if you want to propose/work on ideas, an outline, collect 
info and educational materials, etc. 

Regards, Jim Muckerheide
jmuckerheide@delphi.com
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> Saturday, Oct 5th, White Sands Missile Range, in conjunction with
> the Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce, will conduct the semiannual
> public tour of Trinity Site. The Radiation Protection Division of
> the Range takes this opportunity to answer questions and provide
> information to the general public regarding radiation. In doing so
> we hope to dispel some myths and perhaps help the health physics
> community in the quest to change the publics' fear of radiation to
> respect for radiation.  We provide a demonstration of various
> "radioactive" commodity items from Fiestaware to compasses and
> dials, as well as Trinitite.  We encourage folks to use survey
> meters to measure the radioactivity while putting the clicks and
> scale readings into perspective.  Several teachers have taken
> information back with them to use in the classroom and we encourage
> students to share what they learn when they return to school.  Lets
> see.....the average classroom has 35 plus impressionable minds.....
> 
> NOW TO MY REQUEST FROM RADSAFE.........Keeping in mind that Trinity
> is located in a remote area sans electricity, does anyone have
> suggestions for additional demonstrations or information that can
> be provided to enhance our current display?   We try to add
> something new or change things around a bit each year.  We
> currently distribute a flyer titled "Calculate your own exposure"
> taken from a DOE booklet.  I'd appreciate any suggestions or
> information I can use to enhance our program.
> 
> Lisa Blevins, HPT
> email  eblevins@wsmr.army.mil
> snail mail:  PO Box 222
>              WSMR, NM  88002
> Phone:  (505)678-5609
> 
> Thanks for all the suggestions I know I will receive from this
> great forum.  (all standard disclaimers apply  :-)  )