Re: rad leak in upstate NY?

["Dr. Marvin Goldman" <mgoldman@ucdavis.edu>]

>Radsafers,
>I had the opportunity to talk with a fellow Santa Fean and help alleviate
>his concerns about living so close to Los Alamos.  For the most part, I
>think I was successful at developing a report with him.
>
>During the discussion he wanted to ask about the "leak from Three Mile
>Island".  I explained that TMI did not have a leak or release.  He felt he
>was confusing TMI with a place in upstate New York.  He seemed to recall a
>place that experienced some sort of radioactive leak, some time ago, which
>led to many people leaving home.  After some reclamation work, people are
>now moving back.  He did not know if this was a nuclear power plant, or
>what.  Obviously, since I don't have a clue what he's talking about, I could
>not talk intelligently about it.  Can anyone tell me what he is talking
>about, or has he been reading Mother Jones too much?
>
>Thanks
>Jeff Eichorst
>Occurrence Investigator
>Los Alamos National Laboratory
>ESH-7, MS K999, Los Alamos, NM 87545
>505.665-6980		505.665-6977 fax
>505.996-1117 digital pager,	jeichorst@lanl.gov
>
>There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those who cannot do
>what they are told, and those who can do nothing else. -Cyrus Curtis

Perhaps he was recalling the Love Canal chemical issue; people were first
removed and later (years) the area was declared OK, [I think].
M.Goldman
mgoldman@ucdavis.edu