Re: FACTS ABOUT TENNESSEE ILLNESSES

[Thomas M Lashley <lashleyt@dteenergy.com>]

Steve - I totally agree with this statement.  During the height of the cold war
there was only one real mission, national security.  The effect of the cold war can
also be seen at Russian weapons plants.

Tom Lashley

Steven Rima wrote:

>        I still have a problem, however, with comparing past practices from
>      decades ago at the height of the cold war with today's scientific
>      knowledge and regulations.

>     Steven D. Rima, CHP, CSP
>      Manager, Health Physics and Industrial Hygiene
>      MACTEC-ERS, LLC
>      steve.rima@doegjpo.com
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
> Subject: Re: FACTS ABOUT TENNESSEE ILLNESSES
> Author:  EASlavin@aol.com at Internet
> Date:    4/6/00 2:27 PM
>
> Dear Bill:
>
> Thanks.  The "arrogance of power" of the wannabees is also worsened by the
> "webees" -- we were here yesterday and we''ll be here tomorrow.
>
> People who would be fired in civilian nuclear powerplant operations get
> promoted in DOE.  Too many DOE managers are like the proverbial shotgun
> without a firing pin -- they won't work and they can't be fired.
>
> Too often, the DOE complex behaves like a boa constrictor, and puts its "arms
> around" the civilian nuclear powerplant industry, treating y'all like puppets
> on their string (or bullets in their gun).  That's what they did on this
> listserv with respect to the Tennessean series.   They inflamed your
> passions.  That cooptation may be more devastating to nuclear power than TMI.
>  Don't think DOE is your pal.  DOE is  fighting to survive as an agency, and
> it will do or say anything. (Like the farmer said to his grandson, "they're
> rattlesnakes in there, and they're pitiless.")
>
> Don't let the bomb builder management culture's unpopularity, misfeasance,
> malfeasance and nonfeasance rub off on your profession. I find nuclear
> powerplant operations much more safety conscious than DOE.  IMHO NRC is much
> more whistleblower conscious than DOE.  The DNFSB is a joke and won't even
> talk about generic problems, like whistleblower retaliation, as happened again
> in Oak Ridge  last night.  In contrast, NRC tries to be proactive, even if its
> fines are paltry and years late.  It's a difference between trying and not
> trying.  DOE doesn't try.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ed Slavin
>
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