tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post5918060999399280835..comments2023-04-07T05:19:44.951-04:00Comments on Yes Vermont Yankee: That Strontium Fish in the Connecticut: Vermont Yankee, Shumlin, and the FactsMeredith Angwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-8240353946414905232011-08-06T07:03:13.133-04:002011-08-06T07:03:13.133-04:00Mr or Ms Pulaski
Thank you for your thoughtful co...Mr or Ms Pulaski<br /><br />Thank you for your thoughtful comments! Wormwood Forest is one of my favorite books, because it is so honest and, in the end, so hopeful (at least, in my opinion). Not Pollyanna hopeful, looking-at-the-facts hopeful.<br /><br />Another friend emailed me with this link. It is a conversation between Matt Wald of the NYT and an acknowledged expert on radiological measurements.<br /><br />http://health.phys.iit.edu/archives/2011-August/033487.html<br /><br />Basically in agreement with your comments..<br /><br />MeredithMeredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-9487530371538820372011-08-05T19:57:15.997-04:002011-08-05T19:57:15.997-04:00excuse me. Last sentence should read strontium, ...excuse me. Last sentence should read strontium, not cesium.<br /><br />D. PulaskiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-77381857427493330032011-08-05T15:01:59.457-04:002011-08-05T15:01:59.457-04:00Strontium is not that easy to test for. From &quo...Strontium is not that easy to test for. From "Wormword Forest" by Mycio, p. 55, "A belarusian scientist once told me that doing strontium chemistry was 'women's work' compared to cesium....In contrast, just separating strontium from whatever matrix it is in requires a good deal of mixing, heating, centrifuging, and adding ingredients--all done in a beaker on a stove, just like a 'hausfrau' laboring over dinner."<br /><br />Furthermore, there is a small, but significant, amount of strontium still left over from the atmospheric nuclear tests--and unfortunately, algae are great little concentrators of strontium, and strontium once consumed, stays in your bones forever. <br /><br />(As a child of the 60's, I'm sure my bones have a certain amount of strontium, for example.) Who knows how old the fish is and where he dined and on what?<br /><br />It's no surprise that the health department would not swear that a certain tiny amount of cesium came from VY. <br /><br />D. PulaskiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-37970265817946676562011-08-05T09:06:26.698-04:002011-08-05T09:06:26.698-04:00Mary. I don't know why they waited. I think ...Mary. I don't know why they waited. I think it may be because of the difficulty of finding labs that can make reliable measurements at these low levels. That is what I personally infer from the Dept of Health website, (my opinion only, and your mileage may vary) but there is no direct explanation given.Meredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-42917961766850559492011-08-05T06:58:50.048-04:002011-08-05T06:58:50.048-04:00As usual a thoughtful and scientific analysis. Tha...As usual a thoughtful and scientific analysis. Thanks for the info! one question..and they waited a year to test the fish because...?Have a great weekend! MaryTravelogue for the Universehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127086480471321349noreply@blogger.com