Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!seismo!mcvax!enea!tut!penet!santra!pta From: pta@santra.UUCP (Pertti Tapola) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Russian Nuclear Accident Message-ID: <956@santra.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-May-86 03:33:40 EDT Article-I.D.: santra.956 Posted: Tue May 13 03:33:40 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 15-May-86 06:46:54 EDT References: <228@scbhq.UUCP> <145@comp.lancs.ac.uk> Reply-To: pta@santra.UUCP (Pertti Tapola) Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Lines: 41 Summary: FINLAND is a safe place There seems to be a lot of confusion about the effects of the Russian Nuclear Accident to Scandinavia. It is quite true, that Finnish authorities have made mistakes in informing people about the radiation levels in the first days after the accident. Contrary to popular belief, the problems have not been because of Finnish foreign politics but rather because there are some problems in the flow of information between the different authorities. Most of Finland has gotten very little of radiation, I think even less than Sweden. It has been because of the fortunate wind directions after the accident. The largest values of radiation have been measured at the west coast of Finland. The highest measurement that has been made there was 400 microroentgens per hour and at most sites the values have been well under 100 microroentgens per hour. Around Helsinki area the values have been 30 to 50 microroentgens per hour. The normal background radiation is about 10 to 20. The only warning given is that you should not drink rainwater. There have been not limitations in eating domestic vegetables, because of the season, there are yet none. Vegetables from Eastern Europe are checked very thoroughly. Finland is quite a safe place currently, what comes to radiation as well as terrorism. East Europe is worse off with radiation, and Middle and South Europe and Great Britain with terrorism. There have been no terrorist attacks in Finland, at least for 40 years. Welcome to the country of thousands of lakes (880 000 actually, they have been counted, would you believe?). ...mcvax!penet!santra!pta Pertti Tapola pta@fingate.bitnet Helsinki University of Technology pta%fingate.bitnet@wiscvm.wisc.edu Computing Centre SF-02150 ESPOO, FINLAND -- ...mcvax!penet!santra!pta Pertti Tapola pta@fingate.bitnet Helsinki University of Technology pta%fingate.bitnet@wiscvm.wisc.edu Computing Centre SF-02150 ESPOO, FINLAND