Re: W. on the Environment

[Doug Pensinger]

Charlie Bell wrote:

> Unless you live in the northern part of Ukraine... ;o)
> 
> Yeah, that's what I read Dan as saying too. Standing next to another perason
> exposes you to more radiation than you're getting from the power station 200
> miles up the road, as long as all the safety measures are in place...

200 miles?  Sheesh, I spent the better part of four years less than 200 feet
from the core of a small nuke, wearing a dosimeter that was checked monthly (I
think, it's been a while), and it never indicated radiation anything close to
a dangerous level.

Not that I'm a big nuke fan, but there is a serious amount of unfounded
hysteria surrounding the issue.

Doug