Fw: PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE FOR NI-PEIS ANNOUNCED

["ruth_weiner" <ruth_weiner@email.msn.com>]

Dear RADSAFERs: The attached was sent to me by a dear friend, Wanda Munn,
who was for a time chief engineer on the FFTF.  I thought she would like
this information disseminated.

Ruth Weiner
ruth_weiner@msn.com
-----Original Message-----
From: WIMUNN@aol.com <WIMUNN@aol.com>
To: ruth_weiner@email.msn.com <ruth_weiner@email.msn.com>;
Date: Sunday, November 26, 2000 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE FOR NI-PEIS ANNOUNCED


>How right you are.  This is, remember, announcement of a "preferred
>alternative" for the issuance of the final EIS.  There's really nothing in
>the EIS that would support the announced choice; but then, the law doesn't
>require the Secretary to choose the obvious best alternative.  The RoD is
>anticipated in January, no later than the 14th.  And would not, of course,
>have to end up with the currently announced preference. We need to protest
>the decision and try to make the choice of operating FFTF and building a
>small accelerator in NM a more desirable decision for Richardson.  All
>comments and protests are greatly appreciated by the embattled troops here.
>
>Hope you had a great turkey day.  I goofed off and went out for dinner.
>Worked great.
>
>wim



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