Re: Nuclear Carrier Arrives In SD

["Rick Rasmussen" <rickras@lanl.gov>]

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From: Sandy Perle <sandyfl@earthlink.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Wednesday, August 26, 1998 8:47 AM
Subject: Nuclear Carrier Arrives In SD


Nuclear Carrier Arrives In SD - (SAN DIEGO) -- It's an historic day
in San Diego as the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
John -C- Stennis arrives in the harbor for the first time. With it, the
``Stennis'' is bringing about three-thousand sailors and an
annual payroll of about 126-Million dollars. Environmentalists say
the ship also is bringing the added danger of nuclear
exposure to area residents. The 97-thousand ton ship is powered
by twin- nuclear reactors. The city of Coronado is looking
into cost- effective systems to monitor radiation.

I am wondering what all the fuss is about.  There are many nuclear powered
submarines home ported just around the corner at Point Loma which is next to
a very exclusive marina and neighborhood.  I would think that the numbers of
reactors at Submarine Base San Diego would be a larger problem than a single
dual reactor carrier.  As I remember, the residents around the sub base
didn't have too many problems with the submarines.


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