Negative Press

["Erik C. Nielsen" <nielsenec@earthlink.net>]

Is there anything but negative press about radiation and
radioactivity?

The Bergen County Record (a NJ, NYC suburban paper), not the NY Times but
a large circulation daily has just published a very large 4 part series
titled "Radioactive Roulette".  Any guesses on the theme
and conclusion? The basic topic is loss of control of radioactive
souces.

I am still sorting through pages (multiple) of inaccuracies, distortions
and outright falsehoods to determine a best course of action as a
responce.

It seems as though the most damaging quotes are from various state, NRC
and DOE officials.  A choice example:

"This is a domestic nuclear danger that is not in Russia; it's
here and it's now, right at our back door," said  Lee Leonard,
a Los Alamos National Laboratory physicist directing the effort to
recover 18,000 nuclear devices lurking in shuttered factories,
research labs, and public works garages.  "Our mission is to
get to them before we literally have people dropping in the
streets." The underline is my emphasis.

The home page for the 4-part series (started Sunday 11/21/99) can be
found at:

http://www.bergen.com/special/radioactive/index.html

Where to start?  I want to do my part to correct the bias exhibited
in these articles.

Erik

Erik C. Nielsen

mailto: enielsen@stl-inc.com

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