RE: Misuse of Rad Symbol -Reply

[Philip Hypes <phypes@lanl.gov>]

Or maybe a medium rare hamburger...

The point that we can't expect the general population to strictly follow
posting rules is well taken.  But a publication directed at safety
professionals is another matter.  They should know better.

At 10:31 AM 9/21/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I hate to put my words in Steve's mouth but my perception is that he was
>upset not necessarily at the use of the trefoil alone but in the context as
>"The end is near", thus furthering the "deadly radiation" idea.  Perhaps a
>mushroom cloud would have been a more appropriate symbol.
>
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Philip Hypes
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Safeguards Science and Technology Group (NIS 5)
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