Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 v7 ucbtopaz-1.5; site ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!decvax!ucbvax!ucbtopaz!bitmap From: bitmap@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: radiation chart Message-ID: <410@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA> Date: Thu, 15-Mar-84 02:30:59 EST Article-I.D.: ucbtopaz.410 Posted: Thu Mar 15 02:30:59 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Mar-84 10:46:26 EST Organization: Univ. of Calif., Berkeley CA USA Lines: 9 (Here's another response, from jlg@lanl-a): You left out proximity to coal powered plants and other industries that burn fossil fuels. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently was asked to test for radiation around such plants and thier findings were that if these plants had been nuclear they would have to be shut down. Fossil fuels (especially coal) contains trace ammounts of radio- active materials which are part of the effluent from the plants.