[ RadSafe ] "Do Not Read This If You Are Anti-Nuclear Energy"

[John Jacobus]

Dr. Raabe,
So, have you contacted your state representatives? 
Have you organized to improve the view of nuclear
power in the state?

It is interesting that may who bemoan the anti-nuclear
forces and the laws are in California.  In Maryland, I
do not see any concerted effort to stop the expansion
of Calvert Cliffs.  It may be there, but I am not
aware of it.  

--- Otto  Raabe <ograabe at ucdavis.edu> wrote:

> At 09:21 AM 12/3/2007, Bailly, Helen A wrote:
> >Do you have proof that there is an effort to
> eliminate nuclear energy?
> >I see a constant nit-picking effort that is
> perceived to have influence
> >beyond its real influence. (Most of the crying
> about anti-nuclear
> >influence is on list like this.) I also see power
> companies recognizing
> >the economic advantages of supplying energy using
> nuclear power.
> ***********************************************
> December 3, 2007
> 
> No, it is not "constant nit-picking".  Rather, it is
> an indefatigable 
> and carefully orchestrated anti-nuclear effort.
> 
> For about 20 years I have watched the dedicated and
> tireless efforts 
> of a few of anti-nuclear activists to influence
> members of the 
> California legislature and even to apparently
> provide help in writing 
> proposed laws to hurt the evil nuclear industry.
> Plans for a very 
> well-designed low-level radioactive waste facility
> in the very dry 
> and barren Mohave Desert were scrapped through
> political moves by 
> these dedicated folks that influenced even the
> Federal government. 
> Then they wrote a California "radioactive waste
> plan" that was 
> nothing more than a cover for blocking any low level
> waste disposal 
> in California ever. This is all part of the strategy
> to choke the 
> evil nuclear power industry. When Legislative
> Committee votes were 
> taken on this and many other antinuclear proposals,
> the committee 
> majorities consistently sided with the two or three
> antinuclear 
> activists who spoke in favor, while showing apparent
> disdain for the 
> dozen or more industry representatives and radiation
> safety experts 
> who opposed these measures.
> 
> The same small group also tried to get the
> legislature to fire the 
> senior members of the California Department of
> Health Radiological 
> Safety Branch because they were biased and
> opinionated as proved by 
> the fact that so many of them were Certified Health
> Physicists.
> 
> This, of course, is only my personal opinion
> concerning past events 
> based on the hours spent I at the California Capitol
> watching the 
> processing of bills, doing some testifying and
> serving on a State 
> radiation safety advisory committee.
> 
> Otto
> 
> 
> Prof. Otto G. Raabe, Ph.D., CHP
> Center for Health & the Environment
> University of California
> One Shields Avenue
> Davis, CA 95616
> E-Mail: ograabe at ucdavis.edu
> Phone: (530) 752-7754   FAX: (530) 758-6140  
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"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak, Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." -- Sir Winston Churchill

-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com


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