Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site mcvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!mcvax!steven From: steven@mcvax.UUCP (Steven Pemberton) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Lockport Blast: safety of oi - (nf) Message-ID: <5930@mcvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Aug-84 09:29:15 EDT Article-I.D.: mcvax.5930 Posted: Mon Aug 13 09:29:15 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Aug-84 08:12:13 EDT References: <447@tty3b.UUCP>, <3400017@ea.UUCP> <4197@utzoo.UUCP> Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 14 > Nuclear plants in fact emit very little radioactive material. You should try telling that to the people who live near Windscale/Sellafield in England. Some years ago there was a major leakage from there which they tried to play down, but it was notable that they bought up ALL milk that was produced in the region for several years afterwards. There have for many years been other lower level leakages from Sellafield. Beaches down-current from there were recently discovered to be dangerously radio-active (that it they shut them off) and though they have now been re-opened, there are still warnings against collecting things from the beach. You should add to this the suspiciously higher rate of leukaemia in children in the district. When I lived in the region a few years ago, the daughter of some acquaintances of mine died from the disease, and there was no doubt in their minds what the cause was.