Re: 2 Exposed to Radiation at Chernobyl

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

> These workers mishandled a radiographic test source during inservice
> inspection testing of pipe welds.
> 
> This is not a nuclear power issue.  It is a common experience in the RT
> business.  The highest exposure ever experienced at my nuclear power plant
> occured during RT work prior to the first fuel load.

Art, You're absolutely correct. The media takes incidents, 
regardless of whether or not the incident is directly associated to 
being nuclear related, and uses the terminology for an emotional 
and sensational response from their readership. They would 
probably get the same rise stating that there was a "gaseous 
release" in the ....... nuclear power station bathroom!



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Sandy Perle
E-Mail: sandyfl@earthlink.net
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