change Institute for Civil Service to: Ipasgo, the health care authority for the state

change about a mile to: about one-third of a mile

change a medical clinic to: a public health clinic

change the hospital physician to: a doctor at the clinic

copernicium-285 should be: copernicium-277

change chain to: chains

change 137,893 to: 88,996

line 25, delete “salts” so reads: …some ores containing uranium and thorium…

line 27, delete “salts”

line 29, change uranium salts to: uranium ores

change: Also in 1900… to: In 1912

change astatine to: astatine-213

change protactinium-234 to: protactinium-234mchange 77,000 years to: 75,000 years

change lead or iron to: lead or thallium-205

change The Japan Academy of Science to: the Science Council of Japan

change The Japan Academy of Science to: the Science Council of Japan

change Sea of Japan to: Pacific Ocean

Delete two sentences: The chain reaction in the reactor core continued to generate heat, albeit it less…nuclear fuel began to melt. Replace with: Although the chain reaction had terminated, the radiation from the fission products in the core continued to release enough energy to act as if the reactor was still operating at about 7 percent of full power. As there was no circulating water to remove this heatthe reactors overheated and there was an explosion.

in dates for Morgan change 1886 to: 1866

change a RNA to: an RNA
change radiation forces to: radiation levels

The number after Denver in the chart should be 4, not 7.

change cumulative effective dose to: collective effective dose

change nect to: neck
change dimished to: diminished
Photon-generating should be: Proton-generating

change Fat Boy to: Fat Man
change Fat Boy’s to: Fat Man’s

change Canon-fired to: Cannon-fired

change hardened steel protection…to: depleted uranium shielding

insert a period after electrons

largest possible threat should read: “largest reasonable threat”

change for use in pipes to: to make pipes for solar arrays

change lower extremities to: lower abdomen
one kilowatt should read: one kilowatt hour

change BCRA to: BRCA

delete: Howard W. Dickson, CHP, President, Dickson Consulting, LLC

new paragraph between lines 12 and 13: We owe a special debt to Howard W. Dickson, CHP, President, Dickson Consulting, LLC for his advice, tutelage and patience through several drafts.

In the endnote for p.191, the link to the last reference for the burning of coal produces should be: http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/nuclear-waste-piling-up-across-us-138-million-pounds-and-counting.html