Re: What do you mean I'm not covered?!

[Bob Carlson <carlson@en.com>]

David Hintenlang wrote:
> 
> 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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For anyone who knows of these contaminated aircraft, I would be very
happy to take them off of their hands, especially any rotorcraft.
-- 
Bob Carlson
Medical Physics Consultant

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