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Re: Yucca Mtn. This should raise some hackles



Originally was NMRI and the N was dropped to reduce resistance to its use -- or
save the techies from having to explain it didn't use radioactivity, etc.

I agree; a step backward.

bc


Rick Tarara wrote:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frohne, Vickie" <VFrohne@BEN.EDU>

This is a case of reality vs. perception. People are very afraid of the
"N"
word (nuclear) because they don't know much about it beyond what they've
learned on "The Simpsons." They're afraid of glowing in the dark, turning
into comic-book mutant monsters, being vaporized in a mushroom cloud, etc.
etc.

Which is a reason for informing anyone within earshot that a MRI is really
an NMRI--Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Image--even if the 'Nuclear' here has
little relationship to nuclear energy.

;-)

Rick

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