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Re: Urgent Request for Medical Isotope
jacobus%nihrsb.dnet@dxi.nih.gov wrote:
>
> Al Tschaeche wrote:
>
> >I have known Lash's works for 20 years and he is definitely anti-nuclear
> >whether or not he was a former director of the Illinois department of
> >nuclear safety. And, yes, when one looks higher one sees Bill Clinton.
> >Bill is the one who told his secretary of the interior not to do the
> >land transfer for Ward Valley. No good will come to the nuclear
> >industry until Clinton and the Democrats are out of that office.
> >Remember that Carter canceled reprocessing! But enough politics on
> >RADSAFE even if it has direct impact on our livlihood. Sorry Mellisa.
>
> I really dislike simple solutions to complex problems.
>
> Do you have proof of this anti-nuclear bias from Bill Clinton, et. al.?
> Is he and his administration acting in a vacuum?
>
> While you may disagree with the present political climate, how much of it
> is our own making. Again, we talk of educating the public. When the
> public hears about FBI raiding the nuclear facility at Rocky Falls,
> human "guinea pigs", NRC "complicity" of unsafety conditions at nuclear
> power plants in New England, what do you think they should think? That
> DOE and NRC are acting in the interest of the public? I think we have to
> recognize that the public is very suspicious of government and what it tells
> them. Faith in government was lost a long time ago. The findings of the
> Warren Commission are still being questioned.
>
> Also, I certainly don't see Congress taking any firm "pro-nuclear" actions.
> Do you think that elimination of DOE and reductions in research will help?
> Dispite all of the retoric, I see a very anti-technology, anti-science bias
> in the Republican Congress. And they represent their constituents. I do
> believe that we get the kind of government that we vote for, good and bad.
>
> It is easy to place blame. But how do you fix the problem? And I think the
> real problem is (1) lack of trust in leadership and (2) lack of a vision of
> a future based on acquiring knowledge and putting it to work.
>
> John Jacobus
> john_jacobus@nih.gov
>
> With the usual disclaimers about what my bosses know about what I think and
> say.
I replied directly to John so we wouldn't clutter up radsafe with
politics. If anyone wants to see what I said, ask and I will send a
copy. Al Tschaeche xat@intl.gov