----- Original Message ----- From: Price, Terry C(Z76182) <TCPRICE@apsc.com> To: Multiple recipients of list ans-pie <ans-pie@nuke-ans.org> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 5:40 PM Subject: Information on U.N. radiation report, Chernobyl closing > FYI > Terry C. Price > Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station > P.O. Box 52034 Mail Stop 7526 > Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034 > > Phone 623-393-5031 Fax 623-393-5285 > Digital Pager 602-658-0017 > > email tcprice@apsc.com > > > > > Attached is a copy of the cover letter sent this week to about 500 science > and medical editors across the country to notify them of the newly published > radiation report issued by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the > Effects of Atomic Radiation. Excerpts from the report were included in the > material that we disseminated. > > Separately, I would call your attention to the new Chernobyl fact sheet, > written by NEI's Alice Clamp, that has been posted on NEI's public and > member web sites. On the public site you can access easily via the "What's > New This Week" section of the Newsroom. This backgrounder was prepared in > anticipation of media interest in the upcoming closing of Chernobyl Unit 3 > with the hope of promoting accurate reporting on the health effects of the > Chernobyl accident, as well as providing evidence of the safety strides made > with regard to other Soviet-design reactors. The latter end may be > particularly important given a Reuters report out of Europe just yesterday > on Greenpeace claims regarding the safety of the two VVER reactors that > would replace Chernobyl's generation. This fact sheet has been disseminated > to several hundred journalists as well, less with the expectation that > they'll all write or broadcast than as a gesture of the industry's good will > and transparency on safety matters. > > Please contact Steve Kerekes (202.739.8073) in NEI's media relations group > or me if you have any questions about this material or would like more > information on the United Nations report on radiation. I encourage you to > use these materials as background with your local reporters and other > groups. > > Scott Peterson > Senior Director-Industry Communications > Nuclear Energy Institute > 202.739.8044 > > > <<Letter to media on UNSCEAR report.doc>> > >
Letter to media on UNSCEAR report.doc