Re: "New Yorker" story on Paducah

[William V Lipton <liptonw@dteenergy.com>]

It would be pointless to discuss this article without  having read it.  I'm sure
that "The New Yorker" is available at your local public library.

"The real problem" for all of us is the public's loss of confidence in nuclear
technology.  A recent implication of this was the decision to close the HFBR.
Whether or not you agree with the wisdom of this decision, it's "real," and it
is worse than useless to play the victim.   Articles such as this are the
symptom, not the cause of  "the real problem," and should be read with this in
mind.

Like it or not, we must live with political decisions.  The politicians live by
2 rules:

1.  The voter is always right.

2.   Don't forget rule #1.

We must also learn to live by these rules.

The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.

Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com


Al Tschaeche wrote:

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> Bill, would you please set forth the "real problem" as Mason sees it and how
> it must be addressed?  I don't have easy access to the New Yorker.  Thanks.
> Al Tschaeche antatnsu@pacbell.net
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> William V Lipton wrote:
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> > I recommend that RADSAFER's read the story, "Fallout - Paducah's secret
> > neclear disaster," pp. 30ff, in the January 10, 2000 issue of "The New
> > Yorker."
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> > None of these can change the fact that there is a real problem which
> > must be addressed.
> >
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