Begging for bucks or a real problem??? (Mayak)

["Björn Cedervall" <bjorn_cedervall@hotmail.com>]

Mayak etc,

Check out http://delta.ch70.chel.su/region/sled/
as an introduction.
Becquerels of cesium and strontium:
Total released to the Mayak area: 8900 PBq.

For comparison:
1. Total from all atmospheric bomb tests: 1550 Bq.
2. Chernobyl: 70 PBq.
3. Sellafield: 47 PBq.

See also the June issue 1998 of Health Physics, Kryshev et al.
pp.687-

Best regards,

bjorn_cedervall@hotmail.com
Depts. Medical Radiation Biology and Medical Radiation Physics,
Karolinska Institutet, Box 260,
S-171 76 Stockholm,
Sweden

PS & BTW: I must have missed the previous message about Mayak
that you (Phil) had in your text.

>3)  It is my understanding our Russian cousins have been putting out
>requests like this for funding help because their economy is shot and
>there is no domestic funding available, (example: sarcophogas
>reconstruction at you-know-where).  Clearly, there could be 
trans-border
>environmental impacts, yet is it right for the Kremlin to leverage
>liability now for a short-term intervention as opposed to waiting for
>them to come up with the $$ to do it themselves (in whos lifetime?)?
>Could set some interesting precedents.  Any opinions here???
>4)  Where do I go for more credible information on Mayak (prefer
>on-line)?
>
>Had a great time at the meeting, special kudos to Bruce Busby and
>Melissa for informative discussions about web/net stuff.
>
>Phil Egidi
>ORNL/GJ
>7pe@ornl.gov


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