Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site ea.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!ea!jejones From: jejones@ea.UUCP Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Re: Lockport Blast: safety of oi - (nf) Message-ID: <3400020@ea.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Aug-84 03:44:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ea.3400020 Posted: Thu Aug 16 03:44:00 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Aug-84 02:20:31 EDT References: <4197@utzoo.UUCP> Lines: 16 Nf-ID: #R:utzoo:-419700:ea:3400020:000:609 Nf-From: ea!jejones Aug 16 02:44:00 1984 #R:utzoo:-419700:ea:3400020:000:609 ea!jejones Aug 16 02:44:00 1984 /***** ea:net.followup / utzoo!henry / 9:09 am Aug 10, 1984 */ >Nuclear plants in fact emit very little radioactive material. I probably >got more radiation exposure from my trip to Salt Lake City (which has a >higher background radiation level because of its higher altitude) than I >would from living next to a reactor for years. The only reason I say >"probably" is that I haven't checked the numbers; I'm almost sure of it. You're correct. (BTW, Grand Central Station is too "hot" to be a reactor containment vessel; the granite in the walls is too radioactive.) /* ---------- */ James Jones