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RE: What do you mean I'm not covered?!
Although I'm not an insurance expert, I imagine that the exclusion of
coverage for "loss or damage arising out of Ionizing radiation or
radioactivity" is in at least some aircraft insurance policies because of
the large number of older aircraft which still have radium painted
instruments installed. I'm not saying that there is a real hazard here, but
there is a potential for insurance claims.
Although the phosphor has long since died away, the radium and its progeny
are still there. The benefit associated with being able to see the
instruments at night is now gone but the potential for dose remains. The
reason that so many are still out there is because they are fairly expensive
to replace.
I personally haven't looked at a lot of old cockpits, but I understand that
fields of several hundred uR/h (microR/h) and higher are not uncommon.
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Christopher H. Clement
Scientific Specialist / Radiation Protection Program Manager
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Office
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
clementc@aecl.ca
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> From: David Hintenlang[SMTP:dhinten@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu]
> Reply To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> Sent: September 18, 1998 9:33 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: What do you mean I'm not covered?!
>
> I was reading the fine print on my new aircraft insurance policy,
> eventually
> coming to the 12 exclusions. Most have to do with legal issues like
> flying
> without a license etc, but item 12 reads:
>
> "(12) for any loss or damage arising out of ionizing radiation or
> radioactivity"
>
> Apparently the insurance industry must be suffereing large losses from
> radiation damaged, or contaminated aircraft! Perhaps I could start a new
> business decontaminating perfectly good aircraft that the owners cannot
> collect any insurance money from :)
>
>
> David E. Hintenlang, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor
> Department of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering
> University of Florida
> Gainesville, FL 32611-8300
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> > [mailto:radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu]On Behalf Of Sandy Perle
> > Sent: Thursday, September 17, 1998 1:35 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: Jury Finds Against Nuclear Plant
> >
> >
> > Thursday September 17 12:37 PM EDT
> >
> > Jury Finds Against Nuclear Plant
> >
> > PITTSBURGH (AP) - A federal jury on Thursday found two former
> > owners of a nuclear fuel processing plant negligent on 19
> > out of 20 counts in a class-action lawsuit filed by cancer patients
> > and their families who lived nearby.
> >
> > Atlantic Richfield Co. was found negligent on nine out of 10 counts
> > related to the former Nuclear Materials and Equipment
> > Corp. that operated in Apollo, Armstrong County, from 1957 to
> > 1986. Babcock and Wilcox Co. was found negligent on all
> > 10 counts it faced.
> >
> > The jury, which deliberated for nine days before reaching its verdict,
> > levied actual damages against the companies of about
> > $52.6 million. Punitive damages will be determined next week.
> >
> > The plaintiffs had claimed they were sickened by uranium particles
> > emitted by the plant.
> >
> > Atlantic Richfield Co. was cleared of one count related to a plaintiff
> > who was born after it no longer owned the plant.
> >
> >
> > ------------------
> > Sandy Perle
> > Technical Director
> > ICN Dosimetry Division
> > ICN Plaza
> > 3300 Hyland Avenue
> > Costa Mesa, CA 92626
> > Office: (800) 548-5100 x2306
> > Fax: (714) 668-3149
> >
> > sandyfl@earthlink.net
> > sperle@icnpharm.com
> >
> > ICN Dosimetry Website:
> > http://www.dosimetry.com
> >
> > Personal Website:
> > http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/1205
> >
> > "The object of opening the mind, as of opening
> > the mouth, is to close it again on something solid"
> > - G. K. Chesterton -
> >
> > The opinions expressed are solely, absolutely, positively,
> > definitely those of the author, and NOT my employer
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