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Requests Commission Issue Strong Affirmative Rept That Accident at TMI Did Not Harm Anyone in Response to J Fondas Film.Guest Editorial from American Industrial Hygiene Assoc Journal Encl

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(0 uh 105 W. 48 Street Reading, PA 19606 January 10, 1980 Secretary of the Commission U.S.N.R.C.

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Dear Commissioners:

In view of all the hard evidence including the President's Special Committee's findings, may I urge the Commission to issue a strongly affirmative report.

The American public has been overwhelmed by Jane Fonda's film, her group's propaganda tour of the United States, the media's scare headlines, pronounce-ments and their belief in the " Holocaust of TMI".

The public deserves a clear, firm official decision that "the accident at TMI did not harm anyone.

The over-dramw.tization of the event was unfortunate and steps have been taken to not unduly or unnecessarily frighten the public in the future."

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2. If a toxic exposure warrants the need (by and safety whose avowed purposes and ethics are the yesterday's entena) for a canister mask -

prevention of occupationalillnesses and accidents welcome (effectve for two percent toxic gas in air) then that the emphasis on advancmg and improvmg occupational and toxic exposure warrants a self-contained breathing consumer health and safety?

apparatus or an airline respirator.

Shouldn't we recognize that it was because of the This is not theoretical idealism. 0ne hundred (100) full combinabon of meagre monies expended m past years and face rece camster masks were replaced with twenty the misguided and erroneous concepts of employee-self-contamed positve pressure breathing apparatus.Within accident / illness. proneness that we have encountered our one year, the mitial costs were returned as concerns overall present state of inabikty to deal readily with all the omissions canister maintenance,inspecton and replacements plus a of the past and all the fast accumulating new enemical and positve return in lower production down-time and injury-other technological hazards?

liness costs. Down-time dropped to an average of one half Let us not confuse the issue with pleas about the hour from previous operatmg down-time averages of two and contrariness of human nature and the ingenuity of the one-hati hours at $50.000 an hour.

factory worker to get around our professional ingenuity. To admrt the latter is to admrt that the factory worker is far more is not the fundamental stumbimg block the neglect of ingemous than the professional, which, in the past, has too documenting and widely commumcatmg the fact that frecuent!y been a sad fact of life.

substantal and wise investments in occupational health and Why do workers resist "our attempt to safeguard them?" safety return a handsome profit to the employer as well as to is not our own ingenuity and effectve resistance to Dr.

the employees.

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hygiene. Raymond Masters m occupational medicme, and is not the need to gear up, catch-up and move forward in William Haddon in motor vehicle safety. Dr. Haddon still down to earth, real world sciutions to both the old and new expresses his amazement at the lack of understanding of nis problems of hazard control?

own medical profession, and how quickly the documentaten Lest I seem ambiguous, may I just give a few examples: of the expenences of Dr. Masters and the wnter in the 1967

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Dear Commissioners:

In view of all the hard evidence including the President's Special Committee's findings, may I urge the Commission to issue a strongly affirmative report.

The American public has been overwhelmed by Jane Fonda's film, her group's propaganda tour of the United States, the media's scare headlines, pronounce-ments and their belief in the " Holocaust of TMI".

The public deserves a clear, firm official decision that "the accident at TMI did not harm anyone.

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Our dilemma - one old-timer's viewpoint...

Shouldn't we in industrial hygiene, occupational medicine

2. If a toxic exposure warrants the need (by and safety whose avowed purposes arid ethics are the yesterday's enteria) for a canister mask -

prevenDon of occupationalillnesses and accidents welcome (effectve for two percent toxic gas in air) then that the emphasis on advancing and improving occupational and toxic exposure warrants a self-contained breathing consumer health and safety?

ap;4ratus or an airhne respirator.

Shouldn't we recognize that it was because of the This is not theoretcal ideahsm. 0ne hundred (100) full combinabon of meagre monies expended in past years and replaced with twenty the misguided and erroneous concepts of employee face piece camster masks were self-contained positve pressure breathing apparatus. Within accident / illness proneness that we have encountered our one year, the initial costs were returned as concerns overall present state of inability to deal readily with all the omissions canister maintenance, inspection and replacements plus a of the past and all the fast accumulatmg new chemical and positve return in lower production down-time and injury-other technological hazards?

illness costs. Down-time dropped to an average of one half Let us not confuse the issur. with pleas about the hour trom previous operatingdown-tme averages of two and contranness of human nature and the ingenuity of the one half hours at $50.000 an hour.

factory worker to get around our professionalingenuity. To admit the latter is to admit that the factory worker is far more is not the fundamental stumbling block the neglect of ingemous than the professiond, which, in the past, has too documenting and widely communicatmg the fact that frequently been a sad fact of life.

substantial and wise investments in occupational health and Why do workers resist"our attempt to safeguard them?" safety return a handsome proht to the employer as well as to is not our own ingenuity and effectve resistance to Dr. the employees.

Hadden's attempts to buckle us allin our motor vehicles W

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human beings that we find so difficult to comprehend?

hygiene. Raymond Masters in occupational medicine, and Is not the need to gear-up, catch-up and move forward in William Haddon in motor vehicle safety. Dr. Haddon still i

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own medical profession, and how quickly the documentaton Lest I seem ambiguous, may I just give a few examples' of the expenences of Dr. Masters and the wnter in the 1967

1. We know that chemical cartndge respirators are Nabonal Safety Congress, Aerospace Transactons are only effectve for one half of one percent gas in air forgotten. How easily we neglect to heed and to

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The American pubJic has been overwhelmed by Jane Fonda's film, her group's propaganda tour of the United States, the media's scare headlines, pronounce-ments and their belief in the " Holocaust of TMI".

The public deserves a clear, firm official decision that "the accident at TMI did not harm anyone.

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Shouldn't we in industnal hygene, occupational medicine

2. If a toxic exposure warrants the need (by and safety whose avowed purposes and ethics are the yesterday's criteria) for a canister mask -

preventon of occupationalillnesses and accidents welcome (effectve for two percent toxic gas in air) then that the emphasis on advancmg and improving occupational and toxic exposure warrants a self-contamed breathing consumer health and safety?

apparatus or an airline respirator.

Shouldn't we recognize that it was because of the This is not theoretcal idealism. One hundred (100) full combinaton of meagre monies expended in past years and face piece canister masks were replaced with twenty the misguided and erroneous concepts of employee-self-contained positive pressure breathing apparatus.Within accident / illness proneness that we have encountered our one year, the initial costs were returned as concerns overall present state of inability to deal readily with all the omissions canister maintenance, inspecton and replacements plus a of the past and all the fast accumulatmg new chemical and other technological hazards?

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factory worker to get around our professional ingenuity. To admit the la:ter is to admit that the factory worker is far more is not the fundamantal stumbling block the neglect of intrenious than the professional, which, in the past, has too documentng and widely communicating the fact that frequently been a sad fact of life.

substantal and wise investments in occupational health and Why do workers resist "our attempt to safeguard them?" safety return a handsome profit to the employer as well as to is not our own ingenuity and effective resistance to Dr. the employees.

Haddon's attempts to buckle us allin our motor vehicles Many dedicated innovators have proved this in their the same contrariness, ingenuity and oppositon of all other ex eriences. For example, Henry Srnyth in industnal human beings that we find so difficult to comprehend?

hygiene, Raymond Masters in occupational medicine, and is not the need to gear up, catch-up and move forward in William Haddon in motor vehicle safety. Dr. Hadden stil down to earth, real world solutions to both the old and new expresses his amazement at the lack of understanding of his problems of hazard control?

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Dear Commissioners:

In view of all the hard evidence including the President's Special Committee's findings, may I urge the Commission to issue a strongly affirmative report.

The Anerican public has been overwhelmed by Jane Fonda's film, her group's propaganda tour of the United States, the media's scare headlines, pronounce-ments and their belief in the " Holocaust of TMI".

The public deserves a clear, firm official decision that "the accident at TMI did not harm anyone.

The over-drammatization of the event was unfortunate and steps have been taken to not unduly or unnecessarily frighten the public in the future."

Sincerely, n.

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Our dilemma - one old-timer's viewpoint...

Shouldn't we iri industnal hygiene, occupational medicine

2. If a toxic exposure warrants the need (by and safety whose avowed purposes and ethics are the yesterday's enteria) for a canrster t.sask -

j prevention of occupationalillnesses and accidents welcome (effectve for two percent toxic gas in air) then that i

the emphasis on advancmg and improvmg occupational and toxic exposure warrants a self-contamed breathing

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consumer health and safety?

apparatus or an airline respirator.

j Shouldn't we recogntze that it was because of the This is not theoretical idealism. One hundred (100) full combmabon of meagre monies expended in past years and face piece camster masks were replaced with twenty the misguided and erroneous concepts of employee-self-contained positve pressure breathing apparatus.Within accident / illness-proneness that we have encountered our one year, the instal costs were returned as concerns overall present state of inability to deal readily with all the omissions canister mamtenance, inspecton and replacements plus a of the past and all the fast accumulating new chemical and positive return in lower production down-bme and injury-other technological hazards?

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factory worker to get around our professional ingenuity. To admrt the latter is to admit that the factory worker is far more is not the fundamental stumbling block the neglect of ingemous than the professional, which, in the past, has too documentng and widely communicatng the fact that j

frecuently been a sad fact of life.

substanbal and wise investments in occupatonal health and i

Why do workers resist "our attempt to safeguard them?" safety return a handsome profit to the employer as well as to j

is not our own ingenurty and effectve resistance to Dr, the employees.

Haddon's attempts to buckle us allin our motor vehicles Many dedicated innovators have proved this in their the same contranness, ingenuity and oppositon of all other ex enences. For example, Henry Smyth in industnal human beings that we find so difficult to comprehend:

hygiene, Raymond Masters in occupatonal medicme, and is not the need to gear up, catch-up and move forward in Wiliam Haddon in motor vehicle safety. Dr. Haddon still down to earth, real world solutions to both the old and new exprenes his amazement at the lack of understandingof his problems of hazard control?

own medical profession,and how Quickly the documentabsn j

Lest I seem ambiguous, may I just give a few examples: of the expenences of Dr. Masters and the wnter in the 1967

1. We know that chemical cartndge respirators are National Safety Congress Aerospace Transactons are only effectve for one half of one percent gas m air forgotten. How easily we neglect to heed and to when they are fit perfectly to each user's face and communicate the proven success of Dr. Haddon's improve when they are working perfectly. Have we the desrgn to obtain qurck and lasong results concepts. Are adequately communicated this facttc management we adequately communicating and utikzing these concepts and employees!

in occupatonal health and safety?

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