Re[2]: Negative Media Coverage

[Harold.Reynolds@rfets.gov (Harold Reynolds)]

     Altitude should be minimized and speed maximized on all commercial 
     flights to keep the dose to passengers ALARA. Don't bother mentioning 
     that this will increase the liklihood of fatal accidents-it reduces 
     RADIATION (shudder) doses!!

Harry 

Harold.Reynolds@RFETS.gov
303.966.2708

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Subject: Re: Negative Media Coverage
Author:  "Michael C. Baker" <mcbaker%lanl.gov@inet.rfets.gov> at inet
Date:    6/5/98 1:00 PM


At 10:35 AM 6/5/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I really believe this is the heart of the matter. Planes can blow up in the
>sky, trains can pile into overpasses, but the fear-of-radiation advocates
>get TV time to publicly worry they might get some on them! And that is
>protrayed as harm enough to warrant challenging an airline pilot to prove
>that no radioactive material will be on board. I hope they insist on zero
>radioactivity, which means no passengers allowed either.
>

Don't many instruments still use luminous dials and indicators that 
should also be removed?  No passengers and no instruments!

Mike Baker ... mcbaker@lanl.gov