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Subject: Re: Re: Lockport Blast: safety of oi - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 16-Aug-84 03:44:00 EDT
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/***** 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.)

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						James Jones