RE: Radiation Safety Precaution in Kazakastan

["Franta, Jaroslav" <frantaj@aecl.ca>]

> Ken Smith[SMTP:ksmith@cats.ucsc.edu] wrote on Wednesday, July 14, 1999
> 2:39 PM
> 
> Are there any radiological hazards still remaining in this area?
> If so, is there Kazakastan radiation safety personal that maintain site 
> security in these ares? (Meaning that the geologist can't get access to 
> anything that presents a hazard.)
> Should I badge our geologist going on the trip?
> Should I send them with any detection equipment? Geiger counter (-may be a
> 
> problem because of the elevation changes) or solid-state electronic
> dosimetry?
> 
> If anyone has experience or advice in this matter can you please e-mail me
> 
> or call. I'll post what I hear in a summary if anyone else is interested.
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just to add to Kim Merritt's reply message, on this interesting topic:

> ----------
> From: 	REEVES, GLEN I.(DIR)[SMTP:REEVES@mx.afrri.usuhs.mil]
> Sent: 	Wednesday, March 10, 1999 9:16 AM
> To: 	Franta, Jaroslav
> Subject: 	FW: AFRRI Contract Report CR98-4 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	REEVES, GLEN I.(DIR) [mailto:REEVES@mx.afrri.usuhs.mil]
> <mailto:[mailto:REEVES@mx.afrri.usuhs.mil]> 
> Sent:	Wednesday, March 10, 1999 8:16 AM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	RE: AFRRI Contract Report CR98-4 
> 
> Yes.  In fact, I edited it-and am therefore responsible for overlooking
> the
> failure to label the units on the very first map (isopleths from four of
> the
> explosions at the Polygon.)  The data were furnished in R, and are
> lifetime
> decay values.  Sorry about that.  I would appreciate it, if you are
> willing,
> bringing to my attention any other errors you find (as well as good
> points!)
> For the record, the data, their analyses, and presentation are the
> responsibility of the authors, and do not necessarily represent the
> opinion
> of the AFRRI, the Department of Defense, or the US Government.  Our sole
> input was to clean up the translation and present the document in a more
> readable format for Western scientific audiences to review these important
> data (and come to their own conclusions, of course.)
> Sincerely,
> Glen I. Reeves, M.D.
> 
> 	-----Original Message-----
> 		From:	Franta, Jaroslav [mailto:frantaj@AECL.ca]
> <mailto:[mailto:frantaj@AECL.ca]> 
> 		Sent:	Wednesday, March 10, 1999 7:05 AM
> 		To:	Multiple recipients of list
> 		Subject:	AFRRI Contract Report CR98-4 
> 
> Has anyone seen a copy of this report ?
> 
> Contract Report CR98-4 (AD number not yet available):
> Logachev VA,
> Mikhalikhina LA, Darenskaya NG, Matushchenko AM, Stepanov YuS, Shamov OI.
> Population Health in Regions Adjacent to the Semipalatinsk
> Nuclear Test
> Site. 
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