Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site bmcg.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!decwrl!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!bmcg!anne From: anne@bmcg.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Radioactivity of coal-fired power plants vs. TMI Message-ID: <1369@bmcg.UUCP> Date: Thu, 20-Sep-84 18:46:06 EDT Article-I.D.: bmcg.1369 Posted: Thu Sep 20 18:46:06 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 02:11:14 EDT Organization: Burroughs Corporation, San Diego Lines: 15 I checked the past couple of years of IEEE Spectrum articles on nuclear power looking for statements on natural sources of radioactive exposure (granite buildings, high altitudes, natural gas cooking) compared to TMI. I could find nothing. If anyone has figures, please send me mail. On a related subject, Consumer Reports, in an article on smoke detectors, did a nice job of providing perspective when it showed that the additional radioactive exposure from a smoke detector, when installed high on a wall as recommended, would be (much?) less than the additional exposure one would incur by moving from sea level to Denver. Anne H. Anderson ucbvax!sdcsvax!bmcg!anne decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!bmcg!anne ihnp4!sdcrdcf!bmcg!anne