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To: Zoltan! who wrote (21337)	5/6/1998 2:35:00 AM
From: LoLoLoLita	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Zoltan!, Thanks so much for this information! It shows that fallacy of relying on anecdotal information, no matter who is the source. Do you have any information on allowable levels of residual ground contamination from radionuclides after decomissioning of French nuclear power reactors? Maybe she was wrong about their use of Minimum Detectable as the cleanup standard. Just when I was becoming totally disgusted with the name-calling and inane know-nothings on the stock threads I follow, you have amazed me with how valuable this forum can be. Alex and I here have been exchanging some ideas on fissile material disposition (i.e., the Pu-HLW-laced glass blocks advanced by the NAS versus fabrication of the WGP into MOX fuel), and also the relative merits of various materials that could be used for radiological sabotage (I picked Cs-137 sealed sources stolen from industrial radiography applications). Do you have any comments or information sources on those issues? My area of knowledge and work experience is focused on analyzing the consequences of nuclear accidents. Are you involved in any aspect of nuclear industry? As far as explaining radiophobia, the best work I've ever come across was Stephen R. Weart's book, "Nuclear Fear: A History of Images," Harvard University Press, 1988. Are you familiar with it. Weart is a physicist who wrote a book on radiophobia from the viewpoint of a historian. David