NUCLEAR GUARDIANSHIP FORUM, On The Responsible Care of Radioactive Materials
Issue # 3, Spring 1994, p. 16.
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     The Trail of Radioactive Contamination         conceived by Anthony
                     Phillipson, designed by Wendy Oser
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                           The Nuclear Labyrinth
                        [IMG: The Nuclear Labyrinth]

     KEY
     CONTAMINATION: rendering toxic through contact with radioactivity.
     This includes leaks, spills, explosions, tests, transportion
     accidents, scheduled and unscheduled releases into the atmosphere,
     soil and bodies of water.

     ABANDONMENT: releasing or leaving radioactive gases, materials and
     structures without effective, ongoing containment.

     SACRIFICE ZONES: areas that must be permanently abandoned due to
     radioactive contamination from mining, accidents, spiffs,
     explosions, weapons fabrication, testing and use, dumping of
     waste, etc.

     WASTE STORAGE: What is our capacity to maintain containment
     enduringly?

          NOTES
        * The entire cycle of the nuclear industry occurs globally and
          is not necessarily present in an individual country, although
          the technology and materials for each step are sold
          internationally.

        * Every step of the nuclear industry contributes directly or
          through connecting steps to the virtually permanent
          contamination of the atmosphere, the water system, the soil,
          and organic life.

        * Wind and water, microbes, insects seeds, birds and other life
          forms move through all ecosystems, even those identified by
          humans as sacrifice zones.

        * Uncontained radioactivity in the biosphere eventually
          disperses worldwide.


  At this time the only known protection of life from an increased burden
       of radioactivity is to immediately cease the nuclear industry
           and to constantly monitor the poison we have created.


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               On The Responsible Care Of Radioactive Materials
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