Re: the RADSAFE tantrum re Lochbaum/NPR/UCS

[Vincent.King@DOEGJPO.COM (Vincent King)]

     Group,
     
     The media will always seek opinions from UCS, greenpeace, etc.
     
     What disturbs me is that in the past the media would contact these 
     groups to counter the 'official' story.  Now they seem to skip the 
     'official' story entirely.
     
     EVERY story I have seen so far in the media on the criticality 
     incident has contained garbled concepts, misinformation, and 
     erroneous terminology.  I have seen that firemen responded to the 
     incident without their "anti-nuclear" clothing; I have discovered 
     the incident wasn't as serious as it could have been because "only 
     radiation, not radioactivity" escaped (???); and of course, we've 
     all seen that 30-40 responders have been "hurt by" (not just 
     exposed to) radiation from the incident - a subtle shift in 
     terminology, and suddenly the injuries are increased an order of 
     magnitude.
     
     Apparently reporting inaccuracies and misinformation is O.K. when 
     the nuclear industry is involved. (Hey, for good measure, why not 
     speculate about the thousands who will suffer in the future!)
     
     What do we do to get the moratorium lifted on the media contacting 
     actual experts for information?
     
     Vincent King
     vincent.king@doegjpo.com
     


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