Report: Michigan 'fairly' prepared for possible radiation emergency

[Bozita]

Source: Detroit News

Last Updated: April 17. 2011 1:00AM
Report: Michigan 'fairly' prepared for possible radiation emergency
Kim Kozlowski / The Detroit News

As Japan's nuclear crisis unfolds, Michigan is "fairly," but not fully, prepared to protect public health if a similar radiation emergency were to happen here.

State officials offered the assessment in response to a recent report that showed most states are poorly prepared.

The report, published in last month's Journal of the American Medical Association, surveyed 38 states last year and concluded there are numerous gaps in radiation preparedness, including in Michigan — home to four nuclear power plants.

The report did not rank the states or cite their responses to the survey.

Read more: http://detnews.com/article/20110417/METRO/104170309/Report--Michigan-‘fairly’-prepared-for-possible-radiation-emergency#ixzz1JkyfUdpA

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A real confidence-building report.

[aquart]

1. To whom will it be "fair"?

[Demeter]

2. Really? WHat Kind of Emergency?

How can we be ready if the population doesn't know what is planned or provided?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

3. If Michigan's Fermi II goes "Fukushima" ...

... the usual prevailing winds will save Michigan.

Parts of Ontario, however, will be uninhabitable for millenia. And I wouldn't eat the fish from Lake Erie.

:hi:

[caraher]

4. It's safe to say that "fairly" = "probably not"

I guess they figure "fairly" is better than "poorly?"