[ RadSafe ] Illinois Governor Signs DU Bill

[Jeff Terry]

I had no idea about it. It hadn't received much, if any, press here  
in Chicago.

Jeff

On Sep 12, 2007, at 4:15 AM, Roger Helbig wrote:

> Members of the list in Illinois, did any of you participate in the  
> drafting or debate of this bill?  Did any of you even know that it  
> was being worked through the State Legislature?  What is needed is  
> to keep the ear to the ground.  The anti-DU crusade has aims of  
> making use of DU a war crime and of halting nuclear power since  
> enrichment of uranium creates DU.
>
> http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm? 
> SubjectID=1&RecNum=6240
>
> AmericanDUST is the most vehement group, it is small, but very  
> vocal and widely read all over the internet and that translates  
> into these state votes.  I think that is five states so far that  
> they have gotten laws passed in .. maybe more.  They now are  
> pushing the NIRS attempt to kill nuclear power by removing the  
> insurance provisions of the Price-Anderson Act.
>
> Anyone can see the public files of this Yahoo Group AmericanDUST ..  
> the falsely named Depleted Uranium Study Team .. study means  
> scholarship, not putting out Mohammed Daud Miraki's horrific and  
> probably faked photos out as gospel without verifying their source,  
> not making Cathy Garger an expert on uranium weapons (they don't  
> call them DU kinetic energy penetrators, they are uranium weapons  
> and they follow the Leuren Moret that US has been using uranium  
> weapons since WW-II)
>
>  Here is an excerpt from the anti-nuclear power Nuclear Information  
> Research Service (NIRS) but the 50-75 activists on this group will  
> post to dozens of groups each.  Garger regularly posts to  
> AxisofLogic and to OpEdNews, both of which get wide "progressive" e- 
> mail group circulation.
>
> Price-Anderson Act:
> Unnecessary & Irresponsible
>
> BACKGROUND
> Congress is considering reauthorization of the Price-Anderson Act,  
> which, since first enacted in 1957, has served as the nuclear  
> industry's limited liability policy. To understand the magnitude  
> and purpose of Price-Anderson, try this simple exercise: Take out  
> your home- or business-owner insurance policy and look for the  
> "Nuclear Hazard Exclusion Clause."
>
> Roger Helbig
>
>
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