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[JoeKoh]

Hi Everybody
I found this article http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcsll/article?aid=2003110100123.It is about a power company sending an old reactor core by rail from Michigan to South Carolina .The city council is upset because they weren't informed by the power company of this move.According to the article its low levels of radiation.I know stuff goes by here on CSX.The fire chief,EMA director and other officials know when and what times.My question is where do you draw the line?If its safe to ship whats wrong?I hope they don't have problems with protesters.any thoughts?
Stay Safe
Joe

[mudchicken]

This is normal, Joe. The locals, expert at everything and proficient at none (just like attorneys) have a cow over something they do not understand. There is probably more latent radiation coming from their brick houses than whatever this thing has. Rail is a quantum leap in safety more than by truck. It happens out here on a regular basis. Happens out here with PanTex and WIPP on a regular basis. Just your regular, everyday overreaction by the local officials. (They will continue to over-react until common sense settles in, if it ever does.)

Mudchicken

ps...the only thing likely to be unsafe in this move will be the protesters (They seem to have the market cornered in the lack of common sense & stupid departments.)

[JoeKoh]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken

This is normal, Joe. The locals, expert at everything and proficient at none (just like attorneys) have a cow over something they do not understand. There is probably more latent radiation coming from their brick houses than whatever this thing has. Rail is a quantum leap in safety more than by truck. It happens out here on a regular basis. Happens out here with PanTex and WIPP on a regular basis. Just your regular, everyday overreaction by the local officials. (They will continue to over-react until common sense settles in, if it ever does.)

Mudchicken

ps...the only thing likely to be unsafe in this move will be the protesters (They seem to have the market cornered in the lack of common sense & stupid departments.)

Thanks for the input Mudchicken.there are those two words"common sense".Can we get a count on how many times they appear in the forum?[:)]
stay safe
Joe

[edblysard]

Hi Joe,
We move quite a few open top gons full of radioactive medical waste, old X-ray film and components all the time.
We switch them out at the Safety Kleen plant in Pasadena, a deep core well disposal and incinerater facility.
Dusty Bird is right, you get more rads from your brick house than this stuff gives off.
In fact, a good sunburn counts for more exposure.
Unless the reactor had a runaway reaction or a major problem, the half life of the radioactive particals it absorbed is small, you could stand beside this thing for a hour, take a shower, and not cause a blip on a geiger counter.

If you have a older alarm clock, with a radium dial, you have a more "radioactive" object than most of the loads shipped by rail.

Stay Frosty,
Ed