[ RadSafe ] The republic

[Rouse, Raymond Lawrence]

I like the original:

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, 
and to the republic for which it stands, 
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Under God was added in 1954.

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at agni.phys.iit.edu
[mailto:radsafe-bounces at agni.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Forbes, John
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 2:44 PM
To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] The republic

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, 
and to the republic for which it stands, 
one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Glenn R.
Marshall
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 12:32 PM
To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] [ RadSafe Yucca Mtn.

Another problem is the myth that our kids learn in school every day that
the U.S. is a democracy.  It is not--it's a republic.  

And of course, another problem is the fact that DOE, NRC, OSHA, EPA,
BLM, DOJ, Indian Affairs, and Starfleet Federation all get to have a say
in and write conflicting regulations and opinions pertaining to
something as benign as Yucca Mountain.
 
Glenn Marshall, CHP, RRPT

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Bernard L.
Cohen
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 4:02 PM
To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
Cc: Teachout, Anna M. CIV AFRRI/HPD
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] [ RadSafe Yucca Mtn.

  The Nuclear Waste Policy Act is the problem, as explained in the 
attachment.

On 9/20/2010 4:02 PM, Teachout, Anna M. CIV AFRRI/HPD wrote:
> The Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA, P.L. 97-425, 96 Stat. 2201
> )recognizes that the federal government has the primary responsibility
> for permanent radwaste disposal, as well as the important
participatory
> roles of the states and the public.  Various agencies within the
federal
> government predicted (decades ago) that the site selection process and
> the construction would likely be controversial because there are so
many
> entities involved (Sec DoE, Congress, the President, the states,
Native
> American Tribes, and the general public).  Political posturing and
> anti-nuclear activism haven't made the undertaking any less
complicated
> or less expensive.  Democracies can be oftentimes be rather messy, but
> that doesn't mean we should yearn for dictatorships, does it?
>

-- 
Bernard L. Cohen
Physics Dept., University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Tel: (412)624-9245  Fax: (412)624-9163
e-mail: blc at pitt.edu  web site: http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~blc

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