O'Leary, plutonium & Vietnam

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@ix.netcom.com>]

Here she goes again!!!!!   Anyone see the muzzle?
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 LAS VEGAS, Nev., Jan. 15  -- The U.S. Department of Energy says 
 about 3 ounces (80 g) of American-supplied plutonium for a test
reactor was left behind after the fall of South Vietnam in 1975. 
 In an announcement touting the department's new ``openness'' policy, 
 Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary said Wednesday the highly radioactive
material ``does not present a special proliferation concern.'' 
 But she said the department is working with the International Atomic 
 Energy Agency to verify its status and ``take any necessary 
action.''  O'Leary said two American volunteers tried to retrieve the 
plutonium,  but failed. 
 The department also released 6,500 government films of open air 
nuclear tests and other aspects of the atomic age. 
 Also released was a report identifying the potential health, safety 
and environmental risks associated with the storage of highly enriched
uranium - a key part of nuclear warheads. 
 Another report gives the first comprehensive analysis of the  
environmental impacts associated with the production of nuclear
weapons over the last 50 years. 

Sandy Perle
Technical Director
ICN Dosimetry Division
Office: (800) 548-5100 Ext. 2306 
Fax: (714) 668-3149

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