Nuclear Expert aka Daniel Hirsch

["Jacobus, John (OD)" <JJacobus@exchange.nih.gov>]

In all fairness, the article says that Daniel Hirsch is a nuclear expert.  As
people have noted recently, e.g. the half-life of I-125 is not 6 months,
newspaper reports may not obtain the right information.  They may assume since
he is involved with nuclear waste and other issues, and has read and commented
on the report, that he is an expert.  He may be an expert anti-nuclear activist,
but does he claim to an expert on nuclear reactor risk analysis. -- John

John Jacobus, Area Health Physicist
National Institutes of Health
Radiation Safety Branch, Building 21, Room 238
21 Wilson Drive, MSC 6780
Bethesda, MD  20892-6780
Phone:  301-496-5774
Fax:      301-496-3544
E-mail:   jjacobus@exchange.nih.gov (W)
            jenday@ix.netcom.com (H)


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