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RE: Mobile Chernobyl - what is this?
I don't think the term "bureaucrat" is necessarily a disparaging title,
though it can be used negatively. People who work for federal or state
bureaucracies are by definition, and for good or ill, bureaucrats. I think
Ruth was complimenting the "bureaucrat", not criticizing him.
Allen W. Conklin,Manager
Air Emissions & Defense Waste Section
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Department of Health
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-----Original Message-----
From: Zack Clayton [mailto:zack.clayton@epa.state.oh.us]
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 8:04 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: Mobile Chernobyl - what is this?
Ruth Weiner wrote:
>The anti-nuclear people like to refer to spent nuclear fuel that is being
>transported by rail or on trucks, in Type B casks, as"Mobile Chernobyl"
>because it is both catchy and scary. I believe Marvin Resnikoff coined the
>phrase. I once actually heard a bureaucrat say in a public meeting that
the
>phrase was both misleading and wrong.
That was no Bureoucrat! That was an informed public servant doing their
job to
the best of their ability and not bowing to popular pressure or lazyness.
They were
speaking to accuracy, and not pop culture. They should get an attaboy, not
be
disparaged as a "bureaucrat".
Just my opinion.
Zack Clayton
Ohio EPA - DERR
email: zack.clayton@epa.state.oh.us
voice: 614-644-3066
fax: 614-460-8249
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