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Re: Should we say-The remains of the weapons?
Tom,
Call me naive, I think you should write that article. You could easily
juxtapose the environmentalists need to recycle everything vs. the
governments desire to declassify the part appropriately. Satirizing the
hyperbole of the media shouldn't be to difficult. Most people believe half
of what they read. If our half of the story is not getting told, then the
people are getting half truths at best. Whose fault is that?
Andy Tompkins
Woodstock, GA
jatalbq@mindspring.com
At 09:50 AM 2/15/00 -0600, you wrote:
>OK, technically the weapons shell was sent here between the 50s through 80s
>for reclamation of precious metals, declassification and burial. Some came
>assembled, some disassembled but all were to be sent here without the
>nuclear package in other words the critical component. (Tritium may have
>remained with some.) The article that came out and did not acknowledge this
>fact but it sure stirred up a lot of controversy. If any complete weapons
>were sent here, it is beyond the knowledge of anyone here.
>
>Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kim Merritt [mailto:merritt9@llnl.gov]
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 4:34 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: Response to Carver
>
> Like the media would know the difference or even care. Who
>would read an
> article titled "Broken and left over non-radioactive parts
>of nuclear
> weapons components are being reclaimed rather than being
>disposed of!".
> That would rank right up there with "Hundreds of aircraft
>had uneventful
> flights today."
>
> Sarcasm just doesn't play as well over e-mail does it?
>
>
> >Then, by definition, they would not be *weapons*....
> >
> >
> >>>> CarverT@oro.doe.gov wrote on Fri 11 Feb 00 15:13 >>>
> >
> >Weapons were shipped to Paducah for reclamation of metal
>without the
> >nuclear package.
>
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