Re: Edu outreach tried

[Jeff Eichorst <u112237@lanl.gov>]

And, this is why Oregon placed a referendum on their ballots to shut down
Trojan several times.  The Oregon press already knew what they "needed" to
know.  Afterall, some hippie insisted that he knew more than the industry
and insisted on making wild claims to the press- that they irresponsibly
published.  PG&E repeatedly tried to teach the yahoos in the Oregon press
about the facts of nuclear power.  You can lead a (in this case) jackass to
water but you can't make them drink - just like Bob said.

Fortunately, in spite of the efforts to shut down Trojan, the
self-proclaimed experts did not achieve this by popular vote. 

At 05:10 PM 5/8/97 -0500, you wrote:
> In regard to educational outreach and get up and make that call was 
>suggested. Let me respomd.
>Each year while my children were growing up I offered to visit their
>school and talk about radiation. This was in response to the children
>bringing home a form in which help from parents in teaching about
>their work was requested. Result, no response at all. When questioned
>by  an adult school as to what courses or one night lectures might be 
>useful,  I suggested radiation and offered to present the course. Again, no
>response or interest. No one else presented the course. When I saw the fire
> chief in my town and talked
>to him about handling radiation emergencies especially now that there are many
>more trucks in our area,  I offered to speak to his people, again no
>interest and no response. I was told something that  hazmat people are
trained! And
>finally when trying to talk to people about radiation I can see their
>lack of interest. You can lead a horse to water but you can  not make
>him drink. 
>
>Bob Milwicz
>
>
Jeff Eichorst
Occurrence Investigator
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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