Re: Union of Concerned Scientists

[Norman Cohen <ncohen12@HOME.COM>]

Dear Dr Cohen,

Of course I ran this by Dave Lochbaum and here's what he said:



"UCS is neither pro-nuke nor anti-nuke.At times UCS has indeed agreed with Nader or

one of Nader's organizations on safety issues. We have also agreed with NEI or one

of its predecessor organizations on issues.



The ECCS matter to which Dr. Cohen refers happened long before I joined UCS. In

reviewing UCS's files on that matter, the TMI case, and numerous other matters over

the years, the primary pattern is that UCS concluded that safety was being, or

about to be, compromised and advocated for the restoration of safety margins. That

restoration could either be via a plant shut down or plant repair, the owner's

choice.



UCS continues to pursue that approach to nuclear safety."



Why don't we stick to safety issues and not bad mouth the messenger?



peace

norm



BERNARD L COHEN wrote:



> On Mon, 5 Nov 2001 RuthWeiner@AOL.COM wrote:

>

> > Norman Cohen says that UCS is not anti-nuke but interested in safety.  Of

> > course that's what they are going to SAY.  Can anyone feature them saying "we

> > are anti-nuke?"

>

>         --UCS was originally founded in the early 1970s to address

> nuclear safety issues. When DOE responded to the issues UCS was founded to

> address, adequacy of the emergency core cooling system, all but one of the

> founders were satisfied, but that one turned it into an anti-nuke

> organization which joined up with Ralph Nader to become a political

> organization. At that point, all of the other founders resigned and became

> pro-nuke.

>

> ************************************************************************

> You are currently subscribed to the Radsafe mailing list. To unsubscribe,

> send an e-mail to Majordomo@list.vanderbilt.edu  Put the text "unsubscribe

> radsafe" (no quote marks) in the body of the e-mail, with no subject line.



--

Coalition for Peace and Justice and the UNPLUG Salem Campaign; 321 Barr Ave.,

Linwood, NJ 08221; 609-601-8537 or 609-601-8583 (8583: fax, answer machine);

ncohen12@home.com  UNPLUG SALEM WEBSITE:  http://www.unplugsalem.org/  COALITION

FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE WEBSITE:  http:/www.coalitionforpeaceandjustice.org   The

Coalition for Peace and Justice is a chapter of Peace Action.

"First they ignore you; Then they laugh at you; Then they fight you; Then you win.

(Gandhi) "Why walk when you can fly?"  (Mary Chapin Carpenter)









************************************************************************

You are currently subscribed to the Radsafe mailing list. To unsubscribe,

send an e-mail to Majordomo@list.vanderbilt.edu  Put the text "unsubscribe

radsafe" (no quote marks) in the body of the e-mail, with no subject line.