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Lybia - oil for atom bomb
Lybia's nuclear weapon program (from Khan) was traded for oil (and lower gas
prices here, John) only because Qadafi was convinced Bush would do a Lybia
Freedom war - and Qadafi would end like Saddam.
What could Kerry's incredibility cost us - with Iran and N Korea?
Howard Long
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Jacobus" <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>
To: "Flanigan, Floyd" <Floyd.Flanigan@nmcco.com>; "Scoggins, Frank S."
<FSSCOGGI@SOUTHERNCO.COM>; <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 11:32 AM
Subject: RE: John Jerry editorial on Yucca Mountain
> I have nothing against a politician, or anyone else,
> changing their mind. What I worry about is being lead
> into the path of an on-coming train.
>
> I also agree with Ruth, this election will not be
> based on nuclear power or nuclear waste disposal. It
> will be the economy. By the way, how are the gas
> prices where you are?
>
> --- "Flanigan, Floyd" <Floyd.Flanigan@nmcco.com>
> wrote:
> > In what little experience I have had with Kerry, he
> > will change his position with the direction of the
> > political wind several times before he settles on
> > what everyone else wants him to think. Let's face
> > it, the guy's about as obsequious as they come.
> >
> > Floyd W. Flanigan B.S.Nuc.H.P.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> > [mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu]On Behalf
> > Of John Jacobus
> > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 10:19 AM
> > To: Scoggins, Frank S.; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> > Subject: Re: John Jerry editorial on Yucca Mountain
> >
> >
> > Interesting note:
> >
> > "Four years ago in a letter to Nevada Gov. Kenny
> > Guinn, then-candidate George W. Bush pledged he
> > would
> > approve a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain
> > only if it was scientifically proven to be safe and
> > secure. But before his first year in office was
> > over,
> > President Bush changed his position and approved the
> > plan . . ."
> >
> > I wonder what Al Gore would have done? I wonder
> > what
> > John Kerry will do if elected?
> >
> > --- "Scoggins, Frank S." <FSSCOGGI@SOUTHERNCO.COM>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > John Kerry guest editorial on Yucca Mountain
> > > This is not a joke. It was in the Sunday Edition
> > of
> > > the Las Vegas Review
> > >
> > > Journal. Use link below to get to page.
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/May-16-Sun-2004/opinion/2388
> > > 9849.html
> > >
> > > Not on my watch
> > >
> > > Candidate says Yucca a non-starter if he's elected
> > >
> > > By JOHN KERRY
> > > SPECIAL TO THE REVIEW-JOURNAL
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > One of the biggest environmental and security
> > > challenges facing Nevadans
> > > is
> > > the threat that Yucca Mountain will be turned into
> > > the nation's nuclear
> > > waste dump. I voted against the plan to dispose of
> > > waste at Yucca
> > > Mountain
> > > -- and as president I will fight against it.
> > >
> > > Four years ago in a letter to Nevada Gov. Kenny
> > > Guinn, then-candidate
> > > George
> > > W. Bush pledged he would approve a nuclear waste
> > > repository at Yucca
> > > Mountain only if it was scientifically proven to
> > be
> > > safe and secure. But
> > >
> > > before his first year in office was over,
> > President
> > > Bush changed his
> > > position and approved the plan -- placing the
> > > profits of the nuclear
> > > power
> > > industry above the safety of Nevada families.
> > >
> > > Today George Bush is still trying to move forward
> > > with this misguided
> > > plan,
> > > despite the overwhelming opposition from Nevadans
> > > and the scientific
> > > evidence that it is unsafe.
> > >
> > > Two major scientific bodies have sounded alarms
> > > about Yucca Mountain.
> > > First,
> > > an independent commission advising Congress on
> > Yucca
> > > Mountain determined
> > >
> > > that the metal to be used for the waste containers
> > > would corrode,
> > > leaking
> > > nuclear radiation into the surrounding
> > environment.
> > > The Bush
> > > administration
> > > knew this when it approved the Yucca Mountain
> > site,
> > > but unfortunately
> > > ignored it.
> > >
> > > Second, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) --
> > > the final judge of
> > > whether a safe waste repository can be built at
> > > Yucca Mountain --
> > > recently
> > > warned the Department of Energy that its proposed
> > > license to build Yucca
> > >
> > > Mountain was in inadequate shape. Apparently,
> > > despite billions of
> > > dollars
> > > and decades of research, DOE still lacks the
> > > technical and scientific
> > > information required to even submit the license
> > > application for review.
> > > The
> > > department's inability to produce information
> > > supporting the safety of
> > > the
> > > project speaks volumes.
> > >
> > > Despite this scientific evidence, the Bush
> > > administration is rushing to
> > > meet
> > > an arbitrary, self-imposed deadline of December
> > > 2004. The risks are
> > > tragically clear. In January, we learned that
> > > workers who dug a test
> > > tunnel
> > > at Yucca were exposed to hazardous dust and
> > mineral
> > > hazards. Evidence
> > > shows
> > > that the Bush administration was aware of these
> > > risks and the procedures
> > >
> > > required to protect them. But pressure to keep the
> > > project on schedule
> > > pushed safety into the back seat. Tragically, many
> > > of these workers are
> > > now
> > > sick.
> > >
> > > It's a shame that the Bush administration has put
> > > the financial
> > > interests of
> > > the nuclear industry above the health and safety
> > of
> > > DOE workers and
> > > Nevadans. I believe there is a better way to
> > secure
> > > Nevada's health,
> > > environmental and financial well-being. That
> > > includes putting a stop to
> > > the
> > > dump once and for all.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > John Kerry, a U.S. senator from Massachusetts, is
> > > the presumptive
> > > Democratic
> > > presidential nominee.
> > >
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