International Law

Specialist in radiation protection

By Karl-Friedrich Lenz

cited in this Yomiuri online article:

“Trying to keep water out of your shoes is common sense at locations with [radiation] contaminated water,” said a specialist in radiation protection. “Failure to do even that means the workers weren’t trained properly and radiation safety specialists weren’t given good enough instructions.”

I am no specialist in radiation protection. But this is only common sense. No need for any special knowledge.

The fact that people working at the shutdown don’t even understand this does raise some concerns about what else they don’t know about the process.

Full post as published by Lenz Blog on March 26, 2011 (boomark / email).