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From: mcgeer%ji@UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU (Rick McGeer)
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Subject: Re: plutonium
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Date: Fri, 28-Feb-86 14:49:04 EST
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	An Air Force assesment of a pad explosion carrying Ulysses or Galileo
predicted fatalities in the launch area and substantial contamination of
eastern Florida.  I don't know what the effects of the contamination would
be; I expect they would depend on the winds.  Certainly site fatalities can
be avoided by proper restriction of the area and precautions for those who
must be present.

	Reference is this week's Newsweek.

						-- Rick.