Re: Fwd: Plutonium Found in Nev. Groundwater

[Franz Schoenhofer <schoenho@via.at>]

At 13:25 06.01.1999 -0600, you wrote:
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>In a message dated 1/6/99 2:02:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, AOL News writes:
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><< Plutonium Found in Nev. Groundwater
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> .c The Associated Press
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>  By JEFF BARNARD
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> Traces of plutonium from a test blast in the Nevada desert migrated nearly a
>mile through groundwater, according to a study that prompted the
government to
>recalculate slightly the risks that would be posed by an underground nuclear
>waste storage site.
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For RADSAFERs, who are interested in the question of movement of plutonium
and fission products I highly recommend the report series about "The
radiological situation at the atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa", published
by the IAEA in 1998. The series contains the results of a very careful and
comprehensive international study coordinated by the IAEA on request from
the French government. 

Franz


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