Re: Nuclear Carrier Arrives In SD

[Kim Merritt <Merritt9@llnl.gov>]

If I am remembering correctly, there are already some nucler powered
surface craft there.  When I got out in '93 there were nuclear powered
cruisers homeported there.
>>
>>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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Kim Merritt
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