[meteorite-list] Rajasthan Meteorite has impact on Dr. Goyal and Nuclear Safety

[Michael Farmer]

Is this another meteorite fall which we have not heard
of this year? 
WOW, this makes I think 7 recovered falls this year
with likely more that we have not heard of.
Michael Farmer

--- drtanuki <drtanuki at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear List,
>   This link is in regards to the statement made by
> an
> Indian scientist, Dr. Goyal, in which he claimed
> that
> if the meteorite hit the reactor it would cause
> severe
> damage to a nuclear reactor and disaster. 
>  The Indian government is still investigating. 
>   Dirk Ross...Tokyo
> 
>
http://www.zeenews.com/readcomments.asp?rep=2&redirectpage=a&aid=412298&sid=NAT
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> 
> Original article:
> 
> Meteorite fall in Rajasthan village 
> 
> Special Correspondent 
> 
> 10th incident in the State since 1995  
> 
>  
> The meteorite which fell at Kanvarpura village near
> Rawatbhata in Rajasthan recently. 
> 
> JAIPUR: A meteorite fell at Kanvarpura village near
> Rawatbhata, where the Rajasthan Atomic Power Plant
> is
> situated, on August 29. 
> 
> It weighs 6.8 kg and is of a rare type as it
> consists
> of 90 per cent iron. 
> 
> "Unspectacular event" 
> 
> 
> At a press conference here on Monday, the Geological
> Survey of India (GSI) said the Kanvarpura incident
> was
> an "unspectacular event" compared to the meteorite
> shower in Gujarat recently. 
> 
> GSI Deputy Director-General (western region) R.S.
> Goyal said no fireworks were seen as the meteorite
> fell around 1:37 p.m. "The bright sunlight masked
> any
> glow in the sky, and the event would have probably
> gone unreported but for two shepherds who reported
> the
> matter at a police station." 
> 
> Frightens shepherds 
> 
> 
> Dr. Goyal said the shepherds got frightened after
> the
> meteorite fell with a loud sound. They beat the
> meteorite with lathis and dragged it some distance,
> before immersing it in water. GSI scientists, who
> rushed to the village, recovered the meteorite with
> the help of the local administration. 
> 
> He said the meteorite could have caused devastation
> on
> an "unimaginable scale" if it had fallen on the
> Rawatbhata Atomic Power Plant. At least 10 cosmic
> bodies have fallen in the State, especially in its
> western parts, since 1995. The previous incident was
> reported at Bhuka village in Barmer district in June
> 2005. 
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