Heat and Light: A Novel
According to the nuclear engineer, the radiation levels are?
According to the nuclear engineer, the radiation levels are
a serious problem
not radiation but iodine
less than one millirem per hour
downwind
According to the nuclear engineer, the radiation levels are
a serious problem
not radiation but iodine
less than one millirem per hour
downwind
less than one millirem per hour
The state Department of Environmental Protection has supplied a nuclear engineer to answer such questions, a baby-faced man in a mustardcolored turtleneck. He wears notable sideburns, a hangdog look. “The utility sent investigators across the river, since the wind was blowing that way, to take a reading. They detected a small amount of radioactive iodine on the ground.” He pronounces the word iodin. “Can you spell that?” a reporter calls. “Io-DYNE!” a voice booms from the front row. It’s the irritable voice of a man used to shouting; his wife is hard of hearing. “He means io-DYNE.” The engineer continues. “They have been continually monitoring in both locations and they have determined that the levels are less than one millirem per hour.”